Man put to death for 1993 killing of ex-girlfriend, Georgia’s first execution in years
9 months ago

Man put to death for 1993 killing of ex-girlfriend, Georgia’s first execution in years

Associated Press  

JACKSON, Ga. — A Georgia man convicted of the killing of his former girlfriend three decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening in the state’s first execution in more than four years. Pye’s lawyers filed late appeals urging the U.S. Supreme Court to step in, but the justices unanimously rejected to stop the execution. Pye’s lawyers had argued in court filings that prosecutors relied heavily on the teenager’s testimony but that he later gave inconsistent statements. Such statements, as well as Pye’s testimony during trial, indicate that Yarbrough left the home willingly and went to the motel to trade sex for drugs, the lawyers said in court filings.

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Georgia DA blasted after Laken Riley's killer escapes death penalty, ‘She let her radical political agenda…’
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1 month ago

Georgia DA blasted after Laken Riley's killer escapes death penalty, ‘She let her radical political agenda…’

Hindustan Times  

The progressive Georgia district attorney who was prosecuting Jose Antonio Ibarra, Georgia nursing student Laken Riley’s killer, has triggered outrage after the suspect dodged the death penalty and was instead sentenced to life without parole. Gonzalez stated that her office would “no longer seek the death penalty,” and that while considering charging suspects, she would “take into account collateral consequences …

Utah man who killed woman is put to death by lethal injection in state’s first execution since 2010
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Utah man who killed woman is put to death by lethal injection in state’s first execution since 2010

Associated Press  

SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah man who killed his girlfriend’s mother by slashing her throat was put to death by lethal injection early Thursday in the state’s first execution since 2010. Take care.” Honie was 22 when he broke into Benn’s house in Cedar City, the tribal headquarters of the Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah, after a day of …

Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt execution of a man who killed 2 in 2006
9 months ago

Missouri Supreme Court declines to halt execution of a man who killed 2 in 2006

Associated Press  

The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday declined to halt the execution of Brian Dorsey, who is scheduled to die next month for killing his cousin and her husband 18 years ago. Powell also wrote that the state Supreme Court previously turned aside Dorsey’s claim that his trial lawyer was ineffective, and he is barred from raising that claim again. “The …

Georgia death row inmate to be executed after last-ditch appeal
9 months ago

Georgia death row inmate to be executed after last-ditch appeal

The Independent  

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Willie James Pye, 59, has been on death …

Georgia executes death row inmate Willie Pye for the 1993 murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough
9 months ago

Georgia executes death row inmate Willie Pye for the 1993 murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough

CNN  

CNN — The state of Georgia on Wednesday executed death row inmate Willie Pye, who was convicted and sentenced to die for the 1993 murder of Alicia Lynn Yarbrough. Pye’s attorneys argued that by excluding him from the agreement, the state placed him in a “disfavored class of death row prisoners,” allegedly violating the equal protection and due process clauses …

In Georgia’s first execution in years, man who killed ex-girlfriend is put to death
9 months ago

In Georgia’s first execution in years, man who killed ex-girlfriend is put to death

LA Times  

Willie James Pye was executed in Georgia on Wednesday night after a late appeal failed to persuade the Supreme Court to intervene. A Georgia man convicted of the killing of his former girlfriend three decades ago was put to death Wednesday evening in the state’s first execution in more than four years. Pye’s lawyers filed late appeals urging the U.S. …

Clemency rejected for man scheduled to be 1st person executed in Georgia in more than 4 years
9 months ago

Clemency rejected for man scheduled to be 1st person executed in Georgia in more than 4 years

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s parole board has rejected clemency for a condemned man set to die Wednesday night, clearing the way for the state’s first execution in more than four years. After a hearing held behind closed doors, the Georgia Parole Board denied Pye’s request for clemency, the agency announced late Tuesday. Pye’s lawyers called the man’s trial “a shocking relic …

Man seeks clemency to avoid what could be Georgia’s first execution in more than 4 years
9 months ago

Man seeks clemency to avoid what could be Georgia’s first execution in more than 4 years

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A Georgia man should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled and feels remorse for killing his former girlfriend three decades ago, his lawyers wrote in seeking clemency for him. “Had defense counsel not abdicated his role, the jurors would have learned that Mr. Pye is intellectually disabled and has an IQ of 68,” Pye’s public defenders …

Georgia readies to resume executions after a 4-year pause brought by COVID and a legal agreement
9 months, 1 week ago

Georgia readies to resume executions after a 4-year pause brought by COVID and a legal agreement

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — An execution scheduled for next week would be the first in Georgia in more than four years. In April 2021, the state attorney general’s office entered into an agreement with attorneys for death row prisoners to suspend executions for a certain group of prisoners and to establish conditions under which they could resume. In early 2021, a committee …

Alabama court says state can make second attempt to execute inmate whose lethal injection failed
11 months, 1 week ago

Alabama court says state can make second attempt to execute inmate whose lethal injection failed

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday rejected the appeal of a death row inmate who is scheduled to be the first person put to death with nitrogen gas and had argued that he shouldn’t face execution after a previous attempt at a lethal injection failed. Justices without dissent rejected arguments that a second attempt to execute Kenneth …

Execution date set for Missouri man who killed his cousin and her husband in 2006
1 year ago

Execution date set for Missouri man who killed his cousin and her husband in 2006

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday set an April execution date for Brian Dorsey, a central Missouri man convicted of killing his cousin and her husband in 2006. Dorsey, formerly of Jefferson City, was convicted of killing his cousin, Sarah Bonnie, and her husband, Ben, on Dec. 23, 2006, at their home near New Bloomfield. Prosecutors said …

Alabama inmate executed for the shooting death of man in 1993 robbery
1 year, 1 month ago

Alabama inmate executed for the shooting death of man in 1993 robbery

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama inmate convicted of killing a man during a 1993 robbery when he was a teenager was executed Thursday by lethal injection. I hope you find peace.” McWhorter also used his final words to take an apparent verbal jab at his executioner, the prison warden who faced domestic violence accusations decades ago, saying that, “it’s not …

Florida man executed for 1984 killings of teenage babysitter, mother of 2 slain months apart
1 year, 6 months ago

Florida man executed for 1984 killings of teenage babysitter, mother of 2 slain months apart

Associated Press  

STARKE, Fla. — A Florida man was executed Thursday for killing a 14-year-old babysitter and a 38-year-old mother of two in separate attacks months apart in 1984 while children were sleeping in the homes he targeted. One of Florida’s longest-held death row inmates, Owen was 23 at the time of the attacks and 62 when he was executed. Owen was …

Man executed in Florida for woman’s 1986 stabbing death
1 year, 7 months ago

Man executed in Florida for woman’s 1986 stabbing death

Associated Press  

STARKE, Fla. — A Florida man was executed Wednesday for breaking into a woman’s home and stabbing her to death in 1986, a crime committed months after he was released from prison for a rape. Barwick didn’t meet in person with family members in his final hours, but had spoken with them by phone in recent days, prison officials said …

Georgia court: State must honor pledge to delay executions
2 years ago

Georgia court: State must honor pledge to delay executions

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — Georgia’s Supreme Court says that a state pledge to not execute some inmates until certain conditions are met following the COVID-19 pandemic is a binding contract that the state can’t ignore. At issue is an April 14, 2021, email exchange between Senior Assistant Attorney General Sabrina Graham, who leads death penalty litigation for the state, and Anna Arceneaux, …

Georgia man sentenced to 10 years in teen girl's road death
2 years, 3 months ago

Georgia man sentenced to 10 years in teen girl's road death

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A judge imposed the maximum prison sentence for Marc …

Alabama man’s execution was botched, advocacy group alleges
2 years, 3 months ago

Alabama man’s execution was botched, advocacy group alleges

Associated Press  

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama corrections officials apparently botched an inmate’s execution last month, an anti-death penalty group alleges, citing the length of time that passed before the prisoner received the lethal injection and a private autopsy indicating his arm may have been cut to find a vein. “States cannot continue to pretend that the abhorrent practice of lethal injection is …

Man executed despite calls from victim’s family to spare him
2 years, 4 months ago

Man executed despite calls from victim’s family to spare him

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama inmate convicted of killing his former girlfriend decades ago was executed Thursday night despite pleas from the victim’s family to spare his life. “We hoped the state wouldn’t take a life simply because a life was taken and we have forgiven Mr. Joe Nathan James Jr. for his atrocities toward our family.. We pray that …

Execution for Georgia man who killed girl temporarily stayed
2 years, 7 months ago

Execution for Georgia man who killed girl temporarily stayed

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A judge on Monday temporarily delayed the execution of a Georgia man who was scheduled to die Tuesday for killing an 8-year-old girl 46 years ago. The lawsuit filed on behalf of the Federal Defender Program, which represents Presnell, alleges the agreement said that, with one named exception, executions wouldn’t resume until six months after three conditions had …

Georgia sets execution for man convicted 45 years ago
2 years, 7 months ago

Georgia sets execution for man convicted 45 years ago

Associated Press  

ATLANTA — A Georgia man convicted of killing an 8-year-old girl and raping a 10-year-old girl more than 45 years ago is scheduled to be executed next month, state officials said. Presnell staked out a Cobb County elementary school on May 3, 1976, and saw a 10-year-old girl walking home on a wooded trail. She described Presnell and his car …

Oscar Smith: A Tennessee death row inmate is set to be executed after governor denies him clemency
2 years, 8 months ago

Oscar Smith: A Tennessee death row inmate is set to be executed after governor denies him clemency

CNN  

CNN — A man convicted of killing his estranged wife and her sons in 1989 is set to be executed Thursday after Tennessee Gov. The governor declined to intervene in Oscar Smith’s case Tuesday, setting the 72-year-old inmate up to be the first person executed in the state since the Covid-19 pandemic began. New cutting-edge DNA evidence excluding Mr. Smith …

1st execution in Arizona in nearly 8 years set for May 11
2 years, 8 months ago

1st execution in Arizona in nearly 8 years set for May 11

Associated Press  

PHOENIX — The Arizona Supreme Court issued an execution warrant Thursday for a death-row prisoner in what would be the state’s first use of the death penalty in nearly eight years. About a year ago, prosecutors took steps to seek the executions of Dixon and Frank Atwood, a death row prisoner in an unrelated case, but the litigation was put …

Oklahoma executes man for role in 2005 quadruple slaying
2 years, 10 months ago

Oklahoma executes man for role in 2005 quadruple slaying

Associated Press  

McALESTER, Okla. — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for his role in a quadruple slaying in 2005. Gilbert Ray Postelle, 35, received a lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, and prison officials declared him dead at 10:14 a.m. “Today did not put closure on anything,” said Shelli Milner, the sister of Donnie Swindle, one of the four …

Alabama man put to death for 1991 killing of woman
3 years, 2 months ago

Alabama man put to death for 1991 killing of woman

Associated Press  

ATMORE, Ala. — An Alabama man who avoided execution in February was put to death Thursday for the 1991 killing of a woman who was abducted during a robbery and then shot in a cemetery. The court had halted an earlier execution date for Smith in February when he was already in a holding cell near the death chamber and …

A Man Accused Of Killing 8 In Atlanta Area Spa Shootings Pleads Guilty To 4 Deaths
3 years, 4 months ago

A Man Accused Of Killing 8 In Atlanta Area Spa Shootings Pleads Guilty To 4 Deaths

NPR  

A Man Accused Of Killing 8 In Atlanta Area Spa Shootings Pleads Guilty To 4 Deaths Enlarge this image toggle caption Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool Ben Gray/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, Pool CANTON, Ga. — A man accused of killing eight people, mostly women of Asian descent, at Atlanta-area massage businesses pleaded guilty to murder Tuesday in four of …

US gov’t carries out first execution of female inmate since 1953
3 years, 11 months ago

US gov’t carries out first execution of female inmate since 1953

Al Jazeera  

Lisa Montgomery, 52, was pronounced dead at 1:31am after receiving a lethal injection at a federal prison in Indiana. “The craven bloodlust of a failed administration was on full display tonight,” Montgomery’s lawyer Kelley Henry said in a statement. “Everyone who participated in the execution of Lisa Montgomery should feel shame.” Montgomery’s legal team said she suffered “sexual torture”, including …

Court panel allows federal execution of Kansas girl’s killer
4 years, 3 months ago

Court panel allows federal execution of Kansas girl’s killer

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — A panel of federal appeals court judges is letting the U.S. government proceed with the planned execution of a man who kidnapped, raped and killed a 10-year-old Kansas girl. In an opinion early Thursday, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan said a federal law that regulates drugs requires the government to get a prescription for the lethal injection drug …

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