A Marion County, Florida, sheriff’s investigation alleges that Patrick Marquelle Turner, 31, used a contraband cellphone while incarcerated at the Wheeler Correctional Facility in Georgia to scam an elderly resident. According to deputies, the victim was contacted via caller ID spoofed as the “Marion County Sheriff’s Office,” told he had missed jury duty, and coerced …
Georgia’s Board of Pardons and Paroles denied clemency for death row inmate Stacey Humphreys, one day before his scheduled execution at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, according to CBS News. The board said it made the decision “after thoroughly considering all the facts and circumstances of the …
ATLANTA — Update: A Cobb County judge has stayed the execution pending a hearing on a legal argument brought by attorneys for Humphreys under a new state law. Read more about the ongoing legal case here. Original story below The State Board of Pardons and Paroles has denied clemency for death row inmate Stacey Humphreys, …
Cobb County death row inmate Stacey Humphreys has filed new appeals with the Georgia Supreme Court seeking to delay or cancel his pending execution, after a Cobb County Superior Court judge denied his latest request for a new trial on Aug. 28. Humphreys was convicted of killing Cindy Williams and Lori Brown in 2003, and …
Wilcox State Prison legionnaires’ disease investigation enters third year WILCOX COUNTY, Ga. (WALB) – The Georgia Department of Public Health says its investigation into Legionnaires’ disease at Wilcox State Prison has been ongoing since December 2023, following reports of illness. In a statement shared with WALB, DPH said investigations into Legionnaires’ disease can take months …
A Georgia state prison inmate has been sentenced to 20 years in federal prison for his role in a drug trafficking conspiracy that used drones to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana and cell phones into multiple state correctional facilities, WGXA reported. Deivon Waller, 32, an inmate at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, was sentenced …
Attorneys for Stacey Humphreys, convicted of malice murder in the 2003 killings of two real estate agents in Powder Springs, filed a motion on Aug. 28 seeking a new sentencing trial based on claims of juror misconduct, according to WRDW. Humphreys is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at the state prison near Jackson at …
Georgia death row inmate Stacey Humphreys, 53, has requested a last meal of barbecue beef brisket, pork ribs, a bacon double cheeseburger, french fries, buffalo wings, meat lovers pan pizza, butter pecan and peach ice cream, and two caffeine-free sodas ahead of his scheduled execution on Sept. 16 at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison …
An inmate died and several others were injured following an altercation at Wilcox State Prison on Thursday, according to Wilcox County Coroner Janice Brown. Brown responded to the prison around 2 p.m. after the incident, which involved multiple inmates, but said she could not release the deceased inmate’s identity because family had not been notified. …
Butts County Sheriff Gary Long publicly criticized the Georgia Department of Corrections (GDC), stating in a social media post that the agency “has become the largest taxpayer-funded gang recruitment center in the state.” His remarks followed his office’s interception of another shipment of drugs, weapons, and contraband allegedly destined for a state prison, which he …