COBB COUNTY, GA — The scheduled execution of the man convicted of killing two Cobb County real estate agents more than 20 years ago is now on hold.

As a Fulton County judge considers Cobb County man Stacey Humphreys’ last-ditch effort for clemency, the state’s warrant for his execution has expired.

Humphreys was found guilty, convicted and later sentenced to death in 2007 for the murders of 33-year-old Cyndi Williams and 21-year-old Lori Brown. Investigators say Humphreys attacked them while inside a Powder Springs real estate office in 2003.

Humphreys argues two of the five members of Georgia’s pardons and paroles board should be removed for the clemency hearing claiming a conflict of interest.

Humphreys was scheduled to be executed earlier this month.

Earlier this month, a Fulton County judge held an emergency hearing about the case.

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney McBurney notes in his order that the families of Humphreys’ victims have also been waiting for nearly 20 years for “whatever closure and healing the execution will bring them.”

But, he also says if Humphreys was executed after a procedurally flawed hearing, there’s no ‘re-do’ any court can order.