A Georgia board has halted the execution of a death row inmate who attacked two real estate agents at work, forced them to strip naked and shot them execution-style in 2003.
Stacey Humphreys, 52, had been set to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday, Dec. 17, for the double murder of 21-year-old Lori Brown and 33-year-old Cindy Williams, who were killed just before the holidays at a sales office in the Atlanta suburb of Powder Springs.
The State Board of Pardons and Paroles issued an order on Monday suspending Humphreys' execution without explanation.
The Georgia Attorney General's Office did not respond to an email late Monday asking whether prosecutors would try to get the execution back on schedule before Humphrey's death warrant expires on Christmas Eve. If it's not rescheduled by then, the state would have to seek a new death warrant.
Here's what you need to know about the crime and why Humphreys' execution is being delayed nearly 20 years after his conviction.
