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In a dramatic turn of events, Texas executed Billy Ray Norman for the 2005 murder of three people during a botched robbery — his fifth death penalty in the state this year — while just hours later, Georgia halted the execution of Stacey Humphreys, who was set to die for killing two real estate agents in 2003. Humphreys’ legal team argued she should be resentenced under a new law that allows trauma-linked crimes to receive reduced sentences, but courts repeatedly rejected their claims — including allegations of juror bias and an unfair clemency hearing where only four of five board members participated. Despite these setbacks, the clemency board denied her request, underscoring the high-stakes, legally tangled world of capital punishment.
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