Date of Scheduled ExecutionStatePrisonerReason for Stay
January
11OHAnthony KirklandStay grant­ed by Ohio Supreme Court on October 16, 2014 ​“pend­ing dis­po­si­tion of avail­able state reme­dies .… It is fur­ther ordered that this stay shall remain in effect until exhaus­tion of all state post-con­vic­tion pro­ceed­ings, includ­ing any appeals.”
12OHJames HannaReprieve grant­ed by Gov. John Kasich because Ohio did not have execution drugs.^^
12OHRonald PhillipsStay grant­ed by mag­is­trate judge in U.S. District Court on December 19, 2016 to per­mit lit­i­ga­tion of chal­lenge to Ohio lethal injec­tion pro­to­col; on December 21, 2016, gov­er­nor then resched­uled exe­cu­tion for February 15, 2017.
23ORGary HaugenReprieve in place, Gov. John Kitzhaber imposed a mora­to­ri­um on all exe­cu­tions in Oregon. Current Gov. Kate Brown has request­ed a report on the sta­tus of the death penal­ty and indi­cat­ed the report will inform future policy decisions.
25TXKosoul ChanthakoummaneExecution date resched­uled to July 19, 2017.
February
2TXJohn RamirezStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court on January 31, 2017 to per­mit new coun­sel to file a peti­tion seek­ing clemen­cy for Ramirez. On February 1, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the Texas Attorney General’s motion to vacate the District Court’s stay order.
7TXTilon Lashon CarterStay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on February 3, 2017 on a 5 – 4 vote. The Court ruled that Texas had failed to time­ly serve the death war­rant upon the Texas Office of Capital and Forensic Writs.
15OHRonald PhillipsStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court mag­is­trate judge on January 26, 2017 as part of pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion order declar­ing Ohio’s exe­cu­tion pro­to­col uncon­sti­tu­tion­al. Then resched­uled for May 10, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
19OHRaymond TibbettsStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court mag­is­trate judge on December 19, 2016 to per­mit lit­i­ga­tion of chal­lenge to Ohio lethal injec­tion pro­to­col; on December 21, 2016, Gov. John Kasich resched­uled exe­cu­tion for April 12, 2017.
March
2PAWayne SmithStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on January 25, 2017 to pro­vide Smith to vin­di­cate his right to pur­sue state and fed­er­al post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
3PARichard PoplawskiStay grant­ed by the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on February 17, 2017 to pro­vide Poplawski the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pur­sue state post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
4PAAric WoodardStay grant­ed by the York County Court of Common Pleas on February 9, 2017 to pro­vide Woodard the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pur­sue state post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
6PAPatrick HaneyStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on February 8, 2017 to pro­vide Haney the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pur­sue state and fed­er­al post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
15OHGary OtteStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court mag­is­trate judge on January 26, 2017 as part of pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion order declar­ing Ohio’s exe­cu­tion pro­to­col uncon­sti­tu­tion­al. Then resched­uled for June 13, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
22OHJeremiah JacksonStay grant­ed by Ohio Supreme Court until exhaus­tion of all state post-conviction proceedings.
April
12OHRaymond TibbettsStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court mag­is­trate judge on January 26, 2017 as part of pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion order declar­ing Ohio’s exe­cu­tion pro­to­col uncon­sti­tu­tion­al. Then resched­uled for July 26, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
12TXPaul StoreyStay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
17ARBruce WardStay grant­ed by the Arkansas Supreme Court on April 14 to per­mit coun­sel to lit­i­gate whether Ward is men­tal­ly com­pe­tent to be exe­cut­ed. Temporary restrain­ing order grant­ed by Pulaski County court on April 14 in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny seek­ing to bar Arkansas from using vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in sched­uled exe­cu­tion. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court. Stay grant­ed by the Arkansas Supreme Court on April 17 pend­ing deci­sion by the United States Supreme Court in McWilliams v. Dunn on ques­tions con­cern­ing the right to an inde­pen­dent men­tal health expert that may affect the res­o­lu­tion of sim­i­lar issues in Ward’s case.
17ARDon DavisTemporary restrain­ing order grant­ed by Pulaski County court on April 14 in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny seek­ing to bar Arkansas from using vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in sched­uled exe­cu­tion. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court. Stay grant­ed by the Arkansas Supreme Court on April 17 pend­ing deci­sion by the United States Supreme Court in McWilliams v. Dunn on ques­tions con­cern­ing the right to an inde­pen­dent men­tal health expert that may affect the res­o­lu­tion of sim­i­lar issues in Davis’s case.
20ARStacey JohnsonTemporary restrain­ing order grant­ed by Pulaski County court on April 14 in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny seek­ing to bar Arkansas from using vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in sched­uled exe­cu­tion. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court. Stay issued by Arkansas Supreme Court on April 19 to allow hear­ing on post­con­vic­tion DNA testing.
21SCBobby Wayne StoneLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay issued by the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina on April 10, 2017 to per­mit the court to con­sid­er Stone’s motion to appoint coun­sel to rep­re­sent him in habeas cor­pus pro­ceed­ings to which he was enti­tled to review as a mat­ter of fed­er­al law. Stay expires nine­ty days after court resolves motion for appoint­ment of counsel.
25VAIvan TeleguzDeath sen­tence com­mut­ed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe on April 20 to life in prison, with no chance for parole.
27ARJason McGeheePreliminary injunc­tion grant­ed by U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas stay­ing McGehee’s exe­cu­tion until Arkansas Parole Board com­plies with 30-day peri­od for pub­lic com­ment on its 6 – 1 rec­om­men­da­tion for clemen­cy and Gov. Asa Hutchinson decides whether to issue clemency.
May
10OHAlva Campbell, Jr.Execution resched­uled for September 13, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
10OHRonald R. PhillipsExecution resched­uled for July 26, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
17OHDonald KettererStay grant­ed by Ohio Supreme Court until exhaus­tion of all state post-conviction proceedings.
16TXTilon CarterStay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on May 12 to per­mit the court to con­sid­er claim that new evi­dence shows that Carter’s con­vic­tion was a prod­uct of sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly erro­neous and false foren­sic tes­ti­mo­ny that the vic­tim had been smothered.
24TXJuan CastilloExecution resched­uled for September 7, 2017.
June
13OHWilliam MontgomeryExecution resched­uled for October 18, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
13OHGary OtteExecution resched­uled for September 13, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
28TXSteven LongExecution resched­uled for August 30, 2017.
July
19OHMark PickensStay grant­ed by Ohio Supreme Court until exhaus­tion of all state post-conviction proceedings.
19TXKosoul ChanthakoummaneStay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on June 7, 2017, to review claims of dis­cred­it­ed forensic science. 
26OHRobert Van HookExecution resched­uled for November 15, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
26OHRaymond TibbettsExecution resched­uled for October 18, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
August
15PAOmar Shariff CashStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on June 28, 2017 to pro­vide Cash the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pur­sue state and fed­er­al post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
22MOMarcellus WilliamsStay grant­ed by Governor Greitens on August 22, 2017. The Governor appoint­ed a Gubernatorial Board of Inquiry to fur­ther con­sid­er Marcellus Williams’ request for executive clemency.
30TXSteven LongStay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on August 21, 2017 to per­mit Long to re-lit­i­gate his claim of intel­lec­tu­al dis­abil­i­ty under Moore v. Texas. The Texas courts had pre­vi­ous­ly denied his claim, apply­ing the ​“Briseno fac­tors” that were declared uncon­sti­tu­tion­al in Moore.
September
7TXJuan CastilloStay grant­ed by the Bexar County District Court on August 30, 2017 in response to the Bexar County District Attorney’s motion to with­draw Juan Castillo’s exe­cu­tion date.The request was made after Governor Abbott declared a state of dis­as­ter for 30 Texas coun­ties because of Hurricane Harvey. The court also issued an order set­ting a new exe­cu­tion date for December 14, 2017.
13OHJeffrey A. WogenstahlStay grant­ed by the Ohio Supreme Court on May 4, 2016 on motion to vacate exe­cu­tion date and to reopen direct appeal. Execution resched­uled for April 17, 2019 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
13OHAlva Campbell, Jr.Execution resched­uled for November 15, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
26GAKeith TharpeStay grant­ed by the U.S. Supreme Court on September 26, 2017 ​“pend­ing the dis­po­si­tion of [Tharpe’s] peti­tion for a writ of cer­tio­rari” seek­ing review of a deci­sion by the 11th Circuit deny­ing him an appeal of his habeas cor­pus claim that his death sen­tence was uncon­sti­tu­tion­al­ly taint­ed by the par­tic­i­pa­tion of a racial­ly biased juror.
October
5ALJeffrey BordenInjunction grant­ed by U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on September 29 stay­ing Borden’s exe­cu­tion through October 19, 2017, but vacat­ed by the U.S. Supreme Court on October 4. Stay grant­ed by U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on October 5, 2017
18OHMelvin BonnellRescheduled for April 11, 2018 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
18OHWilliam MontgomeryRescheduled for January 3, 2018 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
18OHRaymond TibbettsRescheduled for February 13, 2018 by Gov. John Kasich on September 1, 2017.^
18TXAnthony Shore90-day stay of exe­cu­tion grant­ed by Harris County tri­al court to per­mit pros­e­cu­tors to inves­ti­gate claim that Shore was col­lud­ing with anoth­er death-row pris­on­er to con­fess to the mur­der in that case. Execution resched­uled for January 18, 2018. 
19ALTorrey McNabbInjunction grant­ed by U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on October 16, 2017 stay­ing McNabb’s exe­cu­tion, and affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on October 18. Injunction vacat­ed by U.S. Supreme Court on October 19, 2017 and stay lift­ed. EXECUTED.
26TXClifton Lee YoungStay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on October 18, 2017 and evi­den­tiary hear­ing ordered on Young’s claim that new­ly dis­cov­ered evi­dence (gun­shot residue on the gloves of the pros­e­cu­tion’s key wit­ness and affi­davits of four pris­on­ers that this wit­ness had bragged about com­mit­ting the killing and fram­ing Young) shows that his con­vic­tion and sen­tence were obtained with false or perjured testimony. 
November
9ARJack GreeneStay grant­ed by the Arkansas Supreme Court on November 7, 2017 on peti­tion rais­ing issue relat­ed to Arkansas pro­ce­dures for deter­min­ing com­pe­ten­cy to be executed.
14NVScott DozierStay grant­ed by the Clark County District Court on November 9, 2017 to per­mit the pros­e­cu­tion to appeal its rul­ing bar­ring the use of a par­a­lyt­ic drug in Nevada’s execution protocol.
15OHAlva CampbellGov. John Kasich called off the exe­cu­tion on November 15, 2017 after per­son­nel of the Ohio Department of Corrections failed five times to find a suit­able vein to insert an intra­venous execution line.
15OHRobert Van HookRescheduled for February 13, 2018 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
16TXLarry SwearingenStay grant­ed by tri­al court on October 27, 2017 because of clerk’s error in serv­ing notice of execution.
17PAJunius BurnoStay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on October 2, 2017 to pro­vide Burno the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pur­sue state and fed­er­al post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
December
1SCBobby Wayne StoneLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. The death war­rant was issued before Stone had been pro­vid­ed habeas cor­pus review to which he is enti­tled as a mat­ter of fed­er­al law. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 21, 2017 to per­mit Stone to pur­sue fed­er­al habeas review of his con­vic­tion and death sentence.
14TXJuan CastilloStay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on November 28, 2017 and evi­den­tiary hear­ing ordered on Castillo’s claim that his con­vic­tion and sen­tence were obtained with false or per­jured tes­ti­mo­ny from a prison informant.
29PAMichael PruittStay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on December 4, 2017 to pro­vide Pruitt the oppor­tu­ni­ty to pur­sue fed­er­al habeas cor­pus chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.

* On February 10, 2017, Ohio’s Governor John R. Kasich issued a state­ment revis­ing the sched­ule for eight upcom­ing exe­cu­tions. This revised sched­ule is in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s denial of a motion to stay enforce­ment, pend­ing appeal, of a fed­er­al mag­is­trate judge’s order declar­ing Ohio’s exe­cu­tion procedures unconstitutional.

** On May 1, 2017, Ohio’s Governor Kasich issued anoth­er state­ment revis­ing the sched­ule for nine upcom­ing exe­cu­tions. This revised sched­ule was in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s order set­ting a brief­ing sched­ule for the Court’s en banc rehear­ing of the state’s appeal of a fed­er­al mag­is­trate judge’s order issu­ing a pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion bar­ring Ohio from car­ry­ing out 3‑drug exe­cu­tions using mida­zo­lam or any exe­cu­tion using a par­a­lyt­ic agent or potassium chloride.

^ On September 1, 2017, Ohio’s Governor Kasich issued a state­ment and an updat­ed exe­cu­tion sched­ule, which changed the exe­cu­tion dates for 19 of 26 con­demned pris­on­ers who had sched­uled dates between September 2017 and September 2020. The exe­cu­tion sched­ule for these 26 pris­on­ers now extends through April 2022. 

^^ On October 19, 2015, the Ohio Department of Corrections issued a state­ment that Governor Kasich grant­ed reprieves post­pon­ing all exe­cu­tions that the state had sched­uled through 2017. Ohio has been unable to obtain the exe­cu­tion drugs required to con­duct exe­cu­tions under state law. All exe­cu­tion dates have been resched­uled by the state.

~ In 2011, Gov. John Kitzhaber imposed a mora­to­ri­um on all exe­cu­tions in Oregon. Current Governor Kate Brown has request­ed a report on the sta­tus of the death penal­ty and indi­cat­ed the report will inform future policy decisions.

“Volunteer” refers to pris­on­ers who have vol­un­tar­i­ly waived their nor­mal appeals (not nec­es­sar­i­ly that they have vol­un­teered for execution).