Overview
- Humphreys is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 7 p.m. on Dec. 17 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison.
- U.S. District Judge Leigh Martin May declined to halt the execution, finding he failed to show violations of due process or equal protection.
- Defense lawyers argued a COVID-era agreement has delayed other executions, but the pact covers only rehearing denials during the judicial emergency that ended in June 2021.
- Humphreys’ rehearing was denied by the 11th Circuit in October 2024, placing him outside the agreement window affirmed as binding by the Georgia Supreme Court.
- His attorneys seek protocol accommodations to avoid a flat, supine position due to health concerns, as corrections officials confer with counsel and the judge considers whether to seek more information or hold a hearing.