Georgia carries out execution for first time in four years for 1993 killing

The death chamber at the state prison in Jackson, Georgia. Photograph: Ric Feld/AP

Georgia executed a man on Wednesday night, the first time the state has used the death penalty in over four years.

Willie James Pye, 59, was killed by an injection of pentobarbital, a sedative, and was pronounced dead at 11.03pm at the state prison in Jackson.