Following a meeting to consider clemency for condemned inmate Stacey Humphreys, and after thoroughly considering all the facts and circumstances of the case, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency in the case. However, there has been a major turn of events.
According to the Marietta Daily Journal, Cobb Superior Court Judge Tyler Browning issued a stay of execution for Humphreys late Tuesday night. Judge Browning has granted Humphreys a hearing that may reduce his death sentence under the Georgia Survivors Justice Act, which was enacted last year.
Humphreys was scheduled to be executed tonight, September 16, 2026, at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. The Superior Court of Cobb County issued the execution order.
Humphreys was convicted of the 2003 murders of Cyndi Williams and Lori Brown in Cobb County. At the 2007 trial, Humphreys was found guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery, and kidnapping with bodily injury. The jury imposed the death sentence.
HN will continue to follow this case.
