We urge the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles to carefully review the full record of Stacey Humphreys’s sentencing, including the profound irregularities that occurred inside the jury room. The Board has the unique authority to correct what the courts could not: a death sentence that emerged only after a coerced breakdown of deliberations, not through a lawful or unanimous jury decision.

By commuting Mr. Humphreys's sentence, the sentence supported by eleven jurors and required under Georgia law when a jury deadlocks, the Board would honor the will of the community, uphold the integrity of the process, and ensure that no person is executed on the basis of juror misconduct and coercion.

We also ask the Board to fully consider the extensive mitigating evidence presented at trial, Mr. Humphreys's lifelong trauma and abuse, and his consistent expressions of remorse. Clemency in this case is not an act of leniency, but an act of justice: a necessary step to restore the sentence the jury intended and to prevent the execution of a man whose death verdict was never legitimately reached.

Granting clemency honors the jury’s intent, upholds fairness, and corrects a grave procedural injustice. Failing to act would perpetuate a sentence imposed through coercion, undermining confidence in Georgia’s justice system.