Execution Shock: CNN Reports Georgia Death Row Inmate Willie Pye Put to Death for 1993 Murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough
Jackson, Georgia – A death row inmate, Willie Pye, was executed in Georgia for the murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough in 1993. Pye, 59, was put to death by lethal injection on Wednesday night at a prison in Jackson, marking Georgia’s first execution in over four years. Despite legal appeals and petitions for clemency arguing against Pye’s execution, the US Supreme Court denied his final appeals, allowing the execution to proceed. Pye’s case raised questions …