Overview
- The State Board of Pardons and Paroles, in an order signed by Chair Joyette Holmes, suspended the execution and postponed a planned clemency hearing.
- A judge’s order keeps the death warrant in effect from noon Dec. 17 to noon Dec. 24, after which a new warrant would be required.
- Humphreys’ attorneys seek recusals over alleged conflicts involving board members Kimberly McCoy and Wayne Bennett; McCoy has agreed to abstain, with her role in deliberations still unclear.
- Bennett testified that his past position as Glynn County sheriff during the trial would not influence his consideration of the clemency request.
- A clemency petition from Georgians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, backed by more than 1,400 signatures, alleges an 11-1 jury deadlock for life and coercion, and a federal judge last week declined to block the execution.