PHOTOS: The scene before Georgia's first scheduled execution in over 4 years

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The first Georgia execution in more than four years took place at the Georgia Diagnostic Prison near Jackson on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Willie James Pye was executed at 11:03 p.m. Wednesday for the 1993 rape and murder of his former girlfriend in Spalding County. (Photo: Natrice Miller/ Natrice.miller@ajc.com)