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An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years

The state is trying to move past an agreement made amid the coronavirus pandemic that effectively halted lethal injections. Willie James Pye, 59, is set to be put to death March 20. In April 2021, the state attorney general's office entered into an agreement with attorneys for death row prisoners to suspend executions for a certain group of prisoners and to establish conditions under which they could resume.

An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years. The state is trying to move past an agreement made amid the coronavirus pandemic that effectively halted executions. A judge last month signed an execution order for 59-year-old Willie James Pye. The Department of Corrections set his lethal injection for March 20. Pye was convicted of murder and other crimes in the November 1993 killing of former girlfriend Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. Even if the courts allow ...

An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years. The state is trying to move past an agreement made amid the coronavirus

An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years. The state is trying to move past ...

An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years

An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years.

An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years.

ATLANTA (AP) — An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years. The state is trying to move past an agreement made

An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years.