The Georgia Department of Corrections said Pye accepted a final prayer but 'did not record a final statement'.
Willie James Pye was executed last night The first man to be executed in the US state of Georgia for four years has been pronounced dead – and his last meal was pretty hefty. Willie James Pye was sentenced to death in 1993 for the murder, kidnap, armed robbery, rape and burglary of Alicia Lynn Yarborough. He was put to death by lethal injection, and was pronounced dead at 11.03pm local time on Wednesday evening.
But the board rejected the request, confirming Pye’s execution would go ahead as planned. According to court records, Pye alongside Chester Adams and Anthony Freeman robbed, kidnapped, raped and murdered Miss Yarborough 30 years ago. At the time she was living with her boyfriend – the father of her child – but she had previously been in a relationship with Pye, and he believed her baby was his.
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