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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jeff Martin

Execution halted for man who murdered two real estate agents as judge probes parole board’s ‘conflict of interest’

Stacey Humphreys was scheduled to be executed for the 2003 murders of two real estate agents. - (Georgia Department of Corrections)

A Georgia judge on Monday temporarily halted a December execution that had already been put on hold, citing that questions about the state’s clemency process must be addressed before Stacey Humphreys’ death sentence can proceed.

Humphreys, 52, was scheduled for execution on Dec. 17, but the lethal injection was paused just days beforehand.

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