"Georgia Prepares for First Execution in Over 4 Years Despite Claims of Inmate's Intellectual Disability"
Georgia is set to execute death row inmate Willie Pye, despite his attorneys' claims of intellectual disability and a troubled upbringing that were not presented at trial. The parole board denied clemency, but Pye still has pending litigation that could potentially halt his execution. If the execution proceeds, it would be Georgia's first since January 2020. Pye was convicted of murder, kidnapping, armed robbery, burglary, and rape in the 1993 killing of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. His clemency petition argues for a life sentence due to ineffective assistance of his trial attorney, who was responsible for numerous felony cases at the same time.