Death row inmate facing Wednesday execution in Georgia makes final pleas for a reduced sentence

A Cobb County judge has ordered a delay of the execution of convicted murderer Stacey Humphreys so that the death row inmate can get a hearing under a new state law designed to help victims of abuse, but his execution by lethal injection could still go forward as planned. The ruling came after the state Board of Pardons and Paroles denied a clemency request Tuesday. Humphreys’ execution is scheduled for 7 p.m. Humphreys, 53, was convicted in 2007 of the kidnapping, robbery, assault and murder of Cyndi Williams and Lori Brown, real estate agents working in a model home in a new subdivision in Cobb County. Prosecutors said Humphreys forced the women at gunpoint to strip and tell him their PINs before killing them and withdrawing money from their bank accounts.

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