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One Year After Controversial Execution, Georgia Looks to Reform Death Penalty Laws

Georgia made national headlines last year when the state executed Willie James Pye, a man who multiple expert witnesses had deemed intellectually disabled. Pye and two other people had been convicted of the 1996 murder, kidnapping, rape, and robbery of his ex-girlfriend, Alicia Yarbrough, in Spaulding County.  Anti-death penalty advocates worked diligently to get Pye […]

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