GA Killer’s Execution Details; Last Meal Settled

JACKSON, GA — The state of Georgia's execution of convicted killer Stacey Humphreys will continue as scheduled next week after a federal judge on Wednesday rejected his argument regarding a pandemic agreement put in place when executions were paused.

Humphreys, 52, is set to be executed at 7 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson after he was convicted of killing Cobb County real estate agents Cindy Williams and Lori Brown in November 2003.

U.S. District Court Judge Leigh Martin May ruled 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.

The agreement, made between defense attorneys and the Georgia Attorney's General Office during the COVID-19 pandemic, 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.”

The deal came during an active judicial emergency. Once it was lifted, the Associated Press reported Humphreys' appeals request was denied.

Attorneys for Humphreys maintained his constitutional rights would be violated "because a deal made when executions were paused during the pandemic is still being used to delay some executions, but not for Humphreys and others," the Associated Press reported.

“Ultimately, we haven’t infringed on any constitutional process that they are entitled to,” Sabrina Graham, an assistant attorney general in Georgia, said in the report.

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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.”

Humphreys is set to be the 55th prisoner to be put to death by lethal injection in Georgia. Executions are held at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.

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.

In total, the GDOC said the execution of 76 men and one woman since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976.

There are currently 32 men and one woman under death sentence in Georgia.