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Georgia executes man for 1993 murder in first execution since before the pandemic

Georgia executed a prisoner for the first time since January 2020 on Wednesday night, after the Supreme Court ruled out a delay earlier in the day. Willie James Pye, a death row inmate, was executed at 11:03 p.m. Wednesday for the 1993 murder of his ex-girlfriend Alicia Lynn Yarbrough, according to the Georgia Department of […]

Alabama executes Kenneth Eugene Smith with nitrogen gas

An Alabama death row inmate was executed Thursday night, marking the first time in the United States to be executed by nitrogen gas, authorities confirmed. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, died at Holman Prison in Atmore after the Supreme Court refused to block experimental executions. Smith was forced to inhale toxic gas through a mask, depriving […]