By Jill Nolin | Editor
In a surprise move, attorneys for death row inmate Stacey Humphreys, who could die by lethal injection tonight, are arguing that a new state law designed for victims of abuse should protect Humphreys from the death penalty. The argument, which is part of a flurry of last-minute motions on Humphreys’ behalf, convinced a Cobb County judge to delay the execution so a hearing could be held but the execution could still go on as planned if the state is able to challenge that 11th-hour ruling.
Death row inmate Stacey Humphreys is scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday. Photo courtesy of the Georgia Department of Corrections
DEATH PENALTY
By Ross Williams
A Cobb County judge has ordered a delay of the execution of convicted murderer Stacey Humphreys so that the death row inmate can get a hearing under a new state law designed to help victims of abuse, but his execution by lethal injection could still go forward as planned.
The ruling came after the state Board of Pardons and Paroles denied a clemency request Tuesday. Humphreys’ execution is scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Humphreys, 53, was convicted in 2007 of the kidnapping, robbery, assault and murder of Cyndi Williams and Lori Brown, real estate agents working in a model home in a new subdivision in Cobb County. Prosecutors said Humphreys forced the women at gunpoint to strip and tell him their PINs before killing them and withdrawing money from their bank accounts. He did not deny committing the crimes.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth testifies during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on July 21, 2026 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Finn Gomez/Getty Images)
MILITARY
By Jennifer Shutt
The cost of U.S. military operations in Iran has exceeded $40 billion and the war will continue to cost taxpayers between $2 billion and $3 billion per month, according to an analysis released Tuesday by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.
The ongoing bombing campaign, which President Donald Trump launched alongside the Israeli government in February, has also significantly reduced American military weapons stockpiles, according to the analysis.
U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche speaks about the administration’s crackdown on fraud during a Sept. 14, 2026, news conference at the FBI field office in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
VOTING
By Jacob Fischler
The Trump administration will comply with the U.S. Supreme Court’s order this week blocking new restrictions on mail voting for this year’s elections, but President Donald Trump was right to attack the ruling, U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche said during a wide-ranging White House press conference Tuesday.
Concerns about the dangers of artificial intelligence are overstated, military action in Iran is not a war and the justices wrongly decided the case in which the Justice Department argued in defense of a U.S. Postal Service rule overhauling vote-by-mail requirements before the election, Blanche told reporters during a roughly half-hour briefing in the White House Rose Garden.
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