"Georgia Executes Willie Pye for 1993 Murder After 4-Year Hiatus"

Willie James Pye was executed in Georgia for the 1993 rape and murder of his former girlfriend, marking the state's first execution since 2020. Despite late appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, Pye's execution proceeded after being convicted and sentenced to death in 1996. His lawyers argued that he was mentally disabled and had a troubled upbringing, but their appeals were ultimately denied. Pye's last meal consisted of two chicken sandwiches, two cheeseburgers, french fries, two bags of plain potato chips, and two lemon-lime sodas.