Execution Suspended For Convicted GA Killer Of 2

JACKSON, GA — The execution of the man convicted in November 2003 of killing two real estate agents in Cobb County 22 years ago has been put on hold after the state parole board postponed its meeting to consider him for clemency.

Stacey Humphreys, 52, was set to be executed at 7 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson in the murders of Cindy Williams and Lori Brown.

However, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles on Monday pushed back its meeting to discuss his clemency application until further notice.

The specially-called meeting was supposed to take place at 9 a.m. Tuesday. The board did not say when it would be rescheduled.

The Cobb County Superior Court on Dec. 1 ordered a seven-day window from noon on Dec. 17, to execute Humphreys, meaning the execution had to take place by noon Dec. 24.

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This comes days after U.S. District Court Judge Leigh Martin May ruled against Humphreys regarding an agreement put in place when executions were paused during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Associated Press reported.

The agreement, made between defense attorneys and the Georgia Attorney's General Office, reportedly set in place conditions that had to be met for a prisoner's execution to continue.

Conditions reportedly included: the expiration of the state’s COVID-19 judicial emergency, the resumption of normal visitation at state prisons and the availability of a COVID-19 vaccine “to all members of the public.”

Humphreys "failed to show that his rights to due process and equal protection would be violated by putting him to death now," the Associated Press reported.

Williams and Brown were shot to death at a model home in Cobb County. Humphreys, who was on parole at the time of the deadly shootings, made them take their clothes off and give him the PINS to their ATM cards before killing them.

After fleeing, he was arrested in Wisconsin, where officers recovered a Ruger 9-millimeter pistol from the console of his rental vehicle.

Officers determined the Ruger to be the murder weapon, and Williams' blood DNA was found on the gun, Carr said. Additionally, Brown's DNA was located on the driver-side floor mat of Humphreys' Durango.

After killing Williams and Brown, Carr said Humphreys withdrew more than $3,000 from their bank accounts.

Two days after the deadly shootings, he deposited $1,000 into his account; but at the time of his arrest, Humphreys had about $800 in cash on him.

He told police that he did not remember his past actions; but Carr said when asked why he fled, Humphreys told officers, “I know I did it. I know it just as well as I know my own name.”

The Georgia Department of Corrections on Thursday released his last meal request: barbecue beef brisket, pork ribs, bacon double cheeseburger, french fries, coleslaw, cornbread, buffalo wings, meat lovers pan pizza, vanilla ice cream and two lemon-lime sodas.

Humphreys was set to be the 55th prisoner to be put to death by lethal injection in Georgia.