Date of Scheduled Execution

State

Inmate

Reason for Stay

January

8

PA

Mark Spotz

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

16

OH

Ronald Post

Commuted to a sentence of life without parole.

29

TX

Kimberly McCarthy

Stayed until 4/3/2013 after attorneys raised claims of racial bias.

February

13

LA

Christopher Sepulvado

Stayed due to issues with lethal injection protocol in the state of Louisiana. UPDATE: The 5th Circuit lifted the stay. (Aug. 30). No new date set.

19

GA

Warren Hill

Stayed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to examine the issue of Hill’s mental retardation.

20

TX

Britt Ripkowski

Stayed by a district court which found the defendant legally incompetent.

21

GA

Andrew Cook

Stayed on lethal injection grounds by the Georgia Court of Appeals. Update - Stay was lifted and Cook was executed as scheduled.

26

FL

Augustus Howell

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

27

TX

Larry Swearingen

Stayed to allow time for DNA testing.

March

5

PA

Freeman May

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

6

PA

Orlando Maisonet

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

6

AZ

Edward Schad

Stayed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow time for appeals.

7

PA

Abraham Sanchez

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

21

TX

Michael Gonzales

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

April

3

TX

Kimberly McCarthy

Stayed due to proposed legislation that would address racial discrimination in the death penalty. Update - McCarthy was executed on 6/26/13.

10

TX

Rigoberto Avila

Stayed by 41st District Judge Anna Perez who ruled additional time is necessary to allow Avila’s defense attorneys to explore possible new evidence of Avila’s innocence.

21

PA

Borgela Philistin

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

24

TX

Elroy Chester

Stayed to allow time to clarify legal issues.

25

PA

Michael Travaglia

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

May

7

MS

Willie Manning

Stayed by Mississippi Supreme Court to allow further review of the case.

21

TX

Robert Pruett

60-day stay to allow for DNA testing.

June

24

FL

Marshall Gore

Stayed to allow the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals to hear claims of mental illness. Update - A federal appeals court lifted the stay, execution rescheduled for July 10.

July

10

FL

Marshall Gore

Stayed to allow time to hear claims of mental illness. Update - Rescheduled for 9/10. Update - Rescheduled for 10/1.

15, 19

GA

Warren Hill

Fulton County Superior Court Judge Gail Tusan issued a stay of execution for Warren Hill. A hearing is scheduled for Thursday, July 18 to consider challenges to the new state law that shields from the public the identity of the lethal injection drug’s manufacturer and the prescribing physician. Update - execution has been rescheduled for July 19. Update - Georgia judge ruled state’s new lethal injection secrecy law is unconstitutional, thereby further staying Hill’s execution. An appeal is likely.

August

15

VA

William Morva

Stayed by U.S. District Court Judge Michael Urbanski to allow time for Morva to continue his appeals.

18-24

CO

Nathan Dunlap

Gov. John Hickenlooper issued an executive order granting a temporary reprieve.

September

10

PA

Harve Johnson

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

October

16

TX

Larry Hatten

Stayed to allow time to determine mental competency.

23

MO

Allen Nicklasson

Stayed due to issues with lethal injection procedures in Missouri. Update - Execution has been rescheduled for 12/11/2013. Update - Nicklasson executed 12/11/2013

29

TX

Arthur Brown

Stayed to conduct additional forensic tests on evidence.

November

14

OH

Ronald Phillips

To allow time to consider donation of non-vital organs by the inmate to his relatives.

December

3

FL

Askari Muhammad

Stayed pending challenge to Florida’s new lethal injection protocol. UPDATE: After losing appeal, execution date re-set for Jan. 7, 2014.

11

MO

Allen Nicklasson

Stayed by 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals based on Nicklasson’s claims of ineffective counsel. Update - executed on 12/11/2013.

17

WA

Cecil Davis

Stayed to allow time to continue appeals.