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

By JEFF MARTIN (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — 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. Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday using the sedative pentobarbital…

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Michael Bobbitt, executive director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council, on the intersection of the state’s arts and business sectors

Subscribe to C-Speak so you never miss an episode. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. The arts’ contribution to the state’s GDP is significant, says Michael Bobbitt, executive director of the Massachusetts Cultural Council. The sector in Massachusetts is a $27.2 billion industry, Bobbitt says on this episode of the…

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A real ‘Master of the Air’

Actor Anthony Boyle expressed some nervousness about meeting the four children of his Masters of the Air character, Harry Crosby at the Apple TV+ show’s premiere. After all, audiences at the premiere were only shown the pilot, an episode that doesn’t portray their father  as the war hero he would become. Rather, the queasy navigator…

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

By JEFF MARTIN (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — 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. Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday using the sedative pentobarbital…

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

By JEFF MARTIN (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — 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. Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday using the sedative pentobarbital…

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

By JEFF MARTIN (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — 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. Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday using the sedative pentobarbital…

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

By JEFF MARTIN (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — 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. Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday using the sedative pentobarbital…

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

By JEFF MARTIN (Associated Press) ATLANTA (AP) — 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. Willie James Pye, 59, is scheduled to be put to death Wednesday using the sedative pentobarbital…

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