Stacey Humphreys faces Sept. 16 execution as board considers clemency

The board may commute Humphreys’ death sentence, issue a stay, or deny clemency.

ATLANTA, Georgia (41NBC/WMGT)- Stacey Ian Humphreys is scheduled to be executed Sept. 16 for the 2003 murders of Cindy Williams and Lori Brown in Cobb County.

Humphreys was found guilty Sept. 25, 2007, of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault, armed robbery, and kidnapping with bodily injury.

He was previously scheduled for execution in December 2025, when his attorneys argued that a pandemic-era agreement between the state and death penalty defense lawyers should temporarily shield him from execution; state attorneys maintained that the agreement did not cover him.

Clemency meeting scheduled before execution

One day before the scheduled execution, the State Board of Pardons and Paroles will consider whether to grant Humphreys clemency.

The Sept. 15 meeting is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Board members will hear testimony supporting and opposing clemency.

Following the meeting, the board may commute Humphreys’ death sentence to life in prison with or without the possibility of parole, issue a stay or deny clemency. The Parole Board is the only authority in Georgia that may grant executive clemency to a condemned inmate.

Execution scheduled in Jackson

An execution order from Cobb County Superior Court established a period from Sept. 16 through Sept. 23 for the Georgia Department of Corrections to carry out the execution.

The department scheduled Humphreys’ execution for Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.

Meeting expected to be closed

The clemency meeting will be held at the Parole Board’s central office in Atlanta.

The meeting is expected to be closed, and the board will not receive public comment or conduct other business during the meeting.