ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) — Georgia is preparing for its first execution of 2025, raising renewed questions about the use of the death penalty in the state.

The execution is scheduled for Dec. 17 for 52-year-old Stacey Humphreys, a Cobb County man convicted of murdering two real estate agents in a model home in 2003.

Prosecutors said Humphreys forced the women to strip and hand over their PINs before shooting them. He later admitted to investigators, “I know I did it.”

Stacey Humphreys, 52, has been scheduled for execution on Dec. 17, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. (Georgia Department of Corrections)

The state plans to use 5,000 milligrams of pentobarbital for the execution, which officials call a reliable method. Critics, however, warn that it can leave

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