"Georgia Executes Willie James Pye for 1993 Murder in State's First Execution in Years"

Willie James Pye, convicted of the 1993 rape and murder of his former girlfriend, was executed in Georgia, marking the state's first execution in over four years. Despite late appeals, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously rejected to stop the execution. Pye's co-defendant, Chester Adams, remains in prison after pleading guilty to related charges. Pye's lawyers had argued that he was ineligible for execution due to an intellectual disability and had been raised in extreme poverty and neglect, but these claims were ultimately rejected.