A 53‑year‑old Georgia man, Stacey Humphreys, is scheduled for lethal injection at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson on Wednesday. He was convicted in 2003 of malice murder for the killings of Cynthia “Cyndi” Williams, 33, and Lori Brown, 21. The executions in the state have been rare, and if carried out, Humphreys would be the first inmate executed in Georgia since 2025 and the 55th person to die by lethal injection there.
In November 2003, Humphreys entered a real‑estate sales office near Atlanta and forced two female agents to strip and provide their bank PINs. He then shot both women to death, seized their driver’s licenses and credit cards, and stole their personal property. The crimes were described as a double murder and led to his death‑sentence conviction.
Before his execution, Humphreys requested a substantial final meal that includes barbecue beef brisket, pork ribs, a bacon double cheeseburger, french fries, buffalo wings, a meat‑lover’s pan pizza, butter pecan ice cream, peach ice cream and two caffeine‑free sodas. The Georgia Department of Corrections said the request would be honored “within reason.” In other states, last‑meal budgets are limited: Oklahoma caps spending at $25, Florida at $40, and all food must be locally sourced.
Humphreys’ lawyers have filed a motion seeking a new sentencing trial, alleging juror misconduct during the original trial. They claim a juror lied during jury selection, misrepresented her stance on the death penalty, and misled the court about the jury’s deadlock. The motion argues that, had the court known the jurors were irreconcilably deadlocked, Georgia law would have required a life sentence instead of death. The outcome of the motion remains uncertain, but it could delay or cancel the upcoming execution.
