US EditionGeorgia readies to resume executions after a 4-year pause brought by COVID and a legal agreement
- Georgia Supreme Court ruled in December 2022 that a settlement agreement was binding, involving death row prisoner Willie Pye.
- Lawyers for state notified death row inmate's lawyers that further settlement negotiations were not worthwhile, according to a court filing.
- Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be executed on March 20, with previous executions halted in 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Georgia readies to resume executions after a 4-year pause brought by COVID and a legal agreement
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
Georgia readies to resume executions after a 4-year pause brought by COVID and a legal agreement
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press 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 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 crim…
Georgia readies to resume executions after a 4-year pause brought by COVID and a legal agreement
By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press 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 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 crim…
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