Stacey Humphreys Media Advisory

Inmate’s last meal

FORSYTH, Ga. – Condemned murderer Stacey Humphreys is scheduled for execution by lethal injection at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17 at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson. Humphreys was sentenced to death for the 2003 murders of Cyndi Williams and Lori Brown.

Media witnesses for the execution are Kate Brumback, Associated Press – Atlanta Bureau; Jennifer Peebles, The Atlanta Journal Constitution; Jack Lindner, Marietta Daily Journal, Doug Richards, WXIA-11Alive, and Michael Oder, WTOC.

Humphreys requested a last meal of barbecue beef brisket, pork ribs, bacon double cheeseburger, french fries, cole slaw, cornbread, buffalo wings, meat lovers pan pizza, vanilla ice cream and two lemon-lime sodas. 

There have been 76 men and one woman executed in Georgia since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1976. If executed, Humphreys will be the 55th inmate put to death by lethal injection. There are presently 32 men and one woman under death sentence in Georgia.

The Georgia Diagnostic & Classification Prison is located 45 minutes south of Atlanta off Interstate 75.  From Atlanta, take exit 201 (Ga. Hwy. 36), turn left over the bridge and go approximately one quarter mile.  The entrance to the prison is on the left.  Media covering the execution will be allowed into the prison’s media staging area beginning at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, December 17.

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About the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC)

The Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC) has one of the largest prison systems in the U.S. and is responsible for supervising approximately 49,000 state prisoners. It is the largest law enforcement agency in the state with approximately 9,000 employees. For more information on the GDC, call 478-992-5247 or visit http://www.gdc.ga.gov.