Man convicted of ex-girlfriend’s killing scheduled to be first Georgia inmate executed in years

JEFF MARTIN

JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A Georgia man was scheduled to be put to death Wednesday evening in what would be the state’s first execution in more than four years. Willie James Pye was convicted of killing his former girlfriend Alicia Lynn Yarbrough three decades ago. A lethal injection was set to be administered later Wednesday evening at the state prison in Jackson.  Meanwhile, lawyers for the inmate filed a late appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court urging it to block the execution. but the justices declined. The 59-year-old inmate would be the first person executed in Georgia since January 2020 if the execution is carried out.