Outcomes of Death Warrants in 2014

Stays and Executions in 2014

Date of Scheduled Execution
January
7
State	FL
Inmate	Askari Muhammad
Outcome	Executed.
9
State	OK
Inmate	Michael Wilson
Outcome	Executed.
15
State	TX
Inmate	Rigoberto Avila
Outcome	Stayed to allow time for appeals.
15
State	TN
Inmate	Billy Irick
Outcome	Stayed to allow time to challenge Tennessee’s new one-drug lethal injection protocol. Rescheduled for Oct. 7, 2014.
16
State	OH
Inmate	Dennis McGuire
Outcome	Executed. McGuire took 26 minutes to die in this botched execution.
22
State	TX
Inmate	Edgar Tamayo
Outcome	Executed.
23
State	OK
Inmate	Kenneth Hogan
Outcome	Executed.
28
State	PA
Inmate	Robert Rega
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 17, 2013 to permit Rega to pursue habeas corpus appeals available to all defendants as a matter of federal law.
29
State	PA
Inmate	Laquaille Bryant
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on December 17, 2013 to permit Bryant to pursue post-conviction appeals available to all defendants as a matter of state law.
29
State	MO
Inmate	Herbert Smulls
Outcome	Executed. Temporarily stayed by the Supreme Court. Stay lifted by Supreme Court without explanation on 1/29 and Smulls was executed.
February
4
State	DE
Inmate	Gary Ploof
Outcome	Stay granted pending resolution of a federal habeas corpus appeal filed earlier this year.
5
State	LA
Inmate	Christopher Sepulvado
Outcome	Stayed 90 days to allow time to determine whether Louisiana’s switch to a 2‑drug lethal injection protocol could violate Sepulvado’s constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment.
5
State	TX
Inmate	Suzanne Basso
Outcome	Executed.
12
State	FL
Inmate	Juan Chavez
Outcome	Executed.
26
State	MO
Inmate	Michael Taylor
Outcome	Executed.
26
State	FL
Inmate	Paul Howell
Outcome	Executed.
March
13
State	PA
Inmate	Donte Thomas
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on February 6, 2014 to permit Thomas to pursue state post-conviction appeals available to all defendants as a matter of state law.
19
State	OH
Inmate	Gregory Lott
Outcome	Stay granted to allow time to review lethal injection procedures.
19
State	TX
Inmate	Ray Jasper
Outcome	Executed.
20
State	FL
Inmate	Robert Henry
Outcome	Executed.
22
State	OK
Inmate	Clayton Lockett
Outcome	Stayed until April 22 to allow time to find a supply of lethal injection drugs.
26
State	MS
Inmate	Charles Crawford
Outcome	Stay granted as execution date had not been affirmed by state court.
26
State	MO
Inmate	Jeffrey Ferguson
Outcome	Executed.
27
State	OK
Inmate	Charles Warner
Outcome	Stayed until April 29 to allow time to find a supply of lethal injection drugs.
27
State	MS
Inmate	Michelle Byrom
Outcome	Stay granted as execution date had not been affirmed by state court. The Mississippi Supreme Court subsequently overturned Michelle Byrom’s murder conviction and death sentence for numerous constitutional violations, including inadequate representation, critical evidence not presented to the jury, confessions by another defendant, and the prosecution’s lack of confidence in its own story of what actually happened. Byrom later pled guilty to lesser charges to avoid a retrial and was released.
27
State	TX
Inmate	Anthony Doyle
Outcome	Executed.
April
3
State	TX
Inmate	Tommy Sells
Outcome	Executed. Stay of execution initially granted by federal district court, which ruled that Texas’ failure to disclose details about the drugs it intends to use for executions violated Sells’ constitutional rights. The decision was reversed and the stay lifted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5^th Circuit.
9
State	TX
Inmate	Ramiro Hernandes
Outcome	Executed. Stay of execution initially granted by federal district court, which ruled that Texas’ failure to disclose details about the drugs it intends to use for executions violated Sells’ constitutional rights. The decision was reversed and the stay lifted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5^th Circuit.
16
State	PA
Inmate	Stephen Edmiston
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on February 25, 2014 to prevent execution before Edmiston could obtain federal habeas corpus review of his conviction and sentence to which he was entitled as a matter of law.
16
State	TX
Inmate	Jose Villegas
Outcome	Executed.
22
State	TN
Inmate	Nickolaus Johnson
Outcome	Stay of execution granted. Granted post-conviction relief.
22
State	OK
Inmate	Clayton Lockett
Outcome	The Oklahoma Supreme Court stayed the execution to allow time to hold a hearing on Lockett’s lawsuit over the state’s secrecy surrounding its lethal injection drugs. Update — stay was lifted and execution was rescheduled for April 29.
23
State	MO
Inmate	William Rousan
Outcome	Executed.
23
State	FL
Inmate	Robert Hendrix
Outcome	Executed.
29
State	OK
Inmate	Clayton Lockett
Outcome	Executed. Update — 43 minutes into botched execution, Lockett died from a heart attack.
29
State	OK
Inmate	Charles Warner
Outcome	The Oklahoma Supreme Court stayed the execution to allow time to hold a hearing on Warner’s lawsuit over the state’s secrecy surrounding its lethal injection drugs. Update — stay was lifted. Update — execution was stayed for two weeks due to problems with Lockett’s execution, further stay likely. Update — execution was stayed by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals until November 13 to allow time for the ongoing investigation into the botched execution of Clayton Lockett.
May
13
State	TX
Inmate	Robert Campbell
Outcome	Stay granted by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on May 13, 2014 to consider claim of intellectual disability.
21
State	TX
Inmate	Robert Pruett
Outcome	Stay granted to allow more time for appeals.
21
State	MO
Inmate	Russell Bucklew
Outcome	Stay granted by U.S. Supreme Court pending the outcome of an appeal before the 8^th Circuit.
29
State	TX
Inmate	Edgardo Cubas
Outcome	Stayed indefinitely to evaluate mental competency.
June
17
State	GA
Inmate	Marcus Wellons
Outcome	Executed.
18
State	MO
Inmate	John Winfield
Outcome	Executed. Stayed on June 12 because of state interference with the clemency process. However, the stay was lifted and Winfield was executed on June 18.
18
State	PA
Inmate	Lewis Jordan
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on May 5, 2014 to permit Jordan to pursue state post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
18
State	FL
Inmate	John Henry
Outcome	Executed.
July
2
State	OH
Inmate	Ronald Phillips
Outcome	Stay granted as a result of court order blocking all Ohio executions until August 15. UPDATE — rescheduled to Sept. 18. UPDATE — rescheduled to February 11, 2015
10
State	GA
Inmate	Tommy Waldrip
Outcome	Commuted to a sentence of life without parole by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles.
10
State	FL
Inmate	Eddie Davis
Outcome	Executed.
16
State	MO
Inmate	John Middleton
Outcome	Executed. Intially stayed to allow time to examine claims of mental illness. The stay was subsequently lifted and Middleton was executed on July 16.
23
State	AZ
Inmate	Joseph Wood
Outcome	Executed. Stayed pending state’s release of execution information. UPDATE: Stay lifted by US Supreme Ct. on July 22. Execution botched — took nearly two hours before Wood died.
August
6
State	OH
Inmate	William Montgomery
Outcome	Stay granted as a result of court order blocking all Ohio executions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set
6
State	TX
Inmate	Manuel Vasquez
Outcome	Stay granted to permit filing of clemency petition and adjudication of final appeal.
6
State	MO
Inmate	Michael Worthington
Outcome	Executed.
10
State	MO
Inmate	Leon Taylor
Outcome	No reason given. Attorneys asked for more time for an appeal.
20
State	PA
Inmate	Patrick Stollar
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on July 1, 2014 to permit Stollar to pursue state post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
21
State	PA
Inmate	Glenn Lyons
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on July 8, 2014 to permit Lyons to pursue state and federal post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
September
10
State	MO
Inmate	Earl Ringo
Outcome	Executed.
10
State	TX
Inmate	Wiliie Trottie
Outcome	Executed.
17
State	TX
Inmate	Lisa Coleman
Outcome	Executed.
18
State	OH
Inmate	Ronald Phillips
Outcome	Stay granted as a result of court order blocking all Ohio executions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set.
22
State	PA
Inmate	Hubert Michael
Outcome	Stay granted by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on August 15, 2014 to allow more time for a federal judicial review. Reprieve issued by Governor Tom Corbett on September 12, 2014 because of a lack of execution drugs. The Third Circuit granted a second stay on October 23, 2014 to provide the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections more time “to complete the acquisition of injection agents as mandated by statute.”
October
7
State	TN
Inmate	Billy Irick
Outcome	Stayed to allow more time for appeals regarding the lethal injection protocol.
14
State	PA
Inmate	Michael Parrish
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas on September 4, 2014 to permit Parrish to pursue state post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
15
State	OH
Inmate	Raymond Tibbetts
Outcome	Stay granted as a result of court order blocking all Ohio executions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set.
15
State	TX
Inmate	Larry Hatten
Outcome	Stayed to allow time for a previous appeal to be decided.
28
State	TX
Inmate	Miguel Parades
Outcome	Executed.
29
State	MO
Inmate	Mark Christeson
Outcome	Stay granted by U.S. Supreme Court to consider petition regarding quality of representation during appeals.
November
13
State	OK
Inmate	Charles Warner
Outcome	Stayed to allow the state to obtain drugs and train staff on new protocols. (Update: New Date Set)
13
State	PA
Inmate	Miguel Padilla
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on October 3, 2014 to permit Padilla to pursue state and federal post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
13
State	FL
Inmate	Chadwick Banks
Outcome	Executed.
19
State	OH
Inmate	Gregory Lott
Outcome	Stay granted as a result of court order blocking all Ohio executions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set.
19
State	MO
Inmate	Leon Taylor
Outcome	Executed.
20
State	OK
Inmate	Richard Glossip
Outcome	Stayed to allow the state to obtain drugs and train staff on new protocols. (Update: New Date Set)
26
State	IN
Inmate	William Gibson
Outcome	Stayed to allow more time for appeals.
December
2
State	PA
Inmate	Michael Ballard
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas on November 18, 2014 pending the outcome of a legal challenge to Pennsylvania’s lethal injection methods.
3
State	PA
Inmate	Richard Baumhammers
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on October 7, 2014 to permit Baumhammers to pursue federal habeas corpus appeals to which all prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
3
State	TX
Inmate	Scott Panetti
Outcome	Stayed to allow time to review recently filed appeals.
4
State	DE
Inmate	James Cooke
Outcome	Stayed to allow more time for appeals.
4
State	OK
Inmate	John Grant
Outcome	Stayed to allow the state to obtain drugs and train staff on new protocols. (Update: New Date Set)
4
State	PA
Inmate	Robert Flor
Outcome	Legally premature death warrant. Stayed by the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas on October 31, 2014 to permit Flor to pursue state post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
9
State	TN
Inmate	Ed Zagorski
Outcome	Stayed to allow time for appeals regarding Tennessee’s execution methods.
9
State	GA
Inmate	Robert Holsey
Outcome	Executed.
10
State	MO
Inmate	Paul Goodwin
Outcome	Executed.
11
State	TX
Inmate	Robert Ladd
Outcome	Stayed due to an issue with the warrant.

Date of Scheduled Execution	State	Inmate	Outcome
January
7	FL	Askari Muhammad	Executed.
9	OK	Michael Wilson	Executed.
15	TX	Rigoberto Avila	Stayed to allow time for appeals.
15	TN	Billy Irick	Stayed to allow time to challenge Tennessee’s new one-drug lethal injection protocol. Rescheduled for Oct. 7, 2014.
16	OH	Dennis McGuire	Executed. McGuire took 26 minutes to die in this botched execution.
22	TX	Edgar Tamayo	Executed.
23	OK	Kenneth Hogan	Executed.
28	PA	Robert Rega	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 17, 2013 to permit Rega to pursue habeas corpus appeals available to all defendants as a matter of federal law.
29	PA	Laquaille Bryant	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on December 17, 2013 to permit Bryant to pursue post-conviction appeals available to all defendants as a matter of state law.
29	MO	Herbert Smulls	Executed. Temporarily stayed by the Supreme Court. Stay lifted by Supreme Court without explanation on 1/29 and Smulls was executed.
February
4	DE	Gary Ploof	Stay granted pending resolution of a federal habeas corpus appeal filed earlier this year.
5	LA	Christopher Sepulvado	Stayed 90 days to allow time to determine whether Louisiana’s switch to a 2‑drug lethal injection protocol could violate Sepulvado’s constitutional right against cruel and unusual punishment.
5	TX	Suzanne Basso	Executed.
12	FL	Juan Chavez	Executed.
26	MO	Michael Taylor	Executed.
26	FL	Paul Howell	Executed.
March
13	PA	Donte Thomas	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on February 6, 2014 to permit Thomas to pursue state post-conviction appeals available to all defendants as a matter of state law.
19	OH	Gregory Lott	Stay granted to allow time to review lethal injection procedures.
19	TX	Ray Jasper	Executed.
20	FL	Robert Henry	Executed.
22	OK	Clayton Lockett	Stayed until April 22 to allow time to find a supply of lethal injection drugs.
26	MS	Charles Crawford	Stay granted as execution date had not been affirmed by state court.
26	MO	Jeffrey Ferguson	Executed.
27	OK	Charles Warner	Stayed until April 29 to allow time to find a supply of lethal injection drugs.
27	MS	Michelle Byrom	Stay granted as execution date had not been affirmed by state court. The Mississippi Supreme Court subsequently overturned Michelle Byrom’s murder conviction and death sentence for numerous constitutional violations, including inadequate representation, critical evidence not presented to the jury, confessions by another defendant, and the prosecution’s lack of confidence in its own story of what actually happened. Byrom later pled guilty to lesser charges to avoid a retrial and was released.
27	TX	Anthony Doyle	Executed.
April
3	TX	Tommy Sells	Executed. Stay of execution initially granted by federal district court, which ruled that Texas’ failure to disclose details about the drugs it intends to use for executions violated Sells’ constitutional rights. The decision was reversed and the stay lifted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5^th Circuit.
9	TX	Ramiro Hernandes	Executed. Stay of execution initially granted by federal district court, which ruled that Texas’ failure to disclose details about the drugs it intends to use for executions violated Sells’ constitutional rights. The decision was reversed and the stay lifted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5^th Circuit.
16	PA	Stephen Edmiston	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on February 25, 2014 to prevent execution before Edmiston could obtain federal habeas corpus review of his conviction and sentence to which he was entitled as a matter of law.
16	TX	Jose Villegas	Executed.
22	TN	Nickolaus Johnson	Stay of execution granted. Granted post-conviction relief.
22	OK	Clayton Lockett	The Oklahoma Supreme Court stayed the execution to allow time to hold a hearing on Lockett’s lawsuit over the state’s secrecy surrounding its lethal injection drugs. Update — stay was lifted and execution was rescheduled for April 29.
23	MO	William Rousan	Executed.
23	FL	Robert Hendrix	Executed.
29	OK	Clayton Lockett	Executed. Update — 43 minutes into botched execution, Lockett died from a heart attack.
29	OK	Charles Warner	The Oklahoma Supreme Court stayed the execution to allow time to hold a hearing on Warner’s lawsuit over the state’s secrecy surrounding its lethal injection drugs. Update — stay was lifted. Update — execution was stayed for two weeks due to problems with Lockett’s execution, further stay likely. Update — execution was stayed by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals until November 13 to allow time for the ongoing investigation into the botched execution of Clayton Lockett.
May
13	TX	Robert Campbell	Stay granted by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on May 13, 2014 to consider claim of intellectual disability.
21	TX	Robert Pruett	Stay granted to allow more time for appeals.
21	MO	Russell Bucklew	Stay granted by U.S. Supreme Court pending the outcome of an appeal before the 8^th Circuit.
29	TX	Edgardo Cubas	Stayed indefinitely to evaluate mental competency.
June
17	GA	Marcus Wellons	Executed.
18	MO	John Winfield	Executed. Stayed on June 12 because of state interference with the clemency process. However, the stay was lifted and Winfield was executed on June 18.
18	PA	Lewis Jordan	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas on May 5, 2014 to permit Jordan to pursue state post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
18	FL	John Henry	Executed.
July
2	OH	Ronald Phillips	Stay granted as a result of court order blocking all Ohio executions until August 15. UPDATE — rescheduled to Sept. 18. UPDATE — rescheduled to February 11, 2015
10	GA	Tommy Waldrip	Commuted to a sentence of life without parole by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles.
10	FL	Eddie Davis	Executed.
16	MO	John Middleton	Executed. Intially stayed to allow time to examine claims of mental illness. The stay was subsequently lifted and Middleton was executed on July 16.
23	AZ	Joseph Wood	Executed. Stayed pending state’s release of execution information. UPDATE: Stay lifted by US Supreme Ct. on July 22. Execution botched — took nearly two hours before Wood died.
August
6	OH	William Montgomery	Stay granted as a result of court order blocking all Ohio executions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set
6	TX	Manuel Vasquez	Stay granted to permit filing of clemency petition and adjudication of final appeal.
6	MO	Michael Worthington	Executed.
10	MO	Leon Taylor	No reason given. Attorneys asked for more time for an appeal.
20	PA	Patrick Stollar	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on July 1, 2014 to permit Stollar to pursue state post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
21	PA	Glenn Lyons	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on July 8, 2014 to permit Lyons to pursue state and federal post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
September
10	MO	Earl Ringo	Executed.
10	TX	Wiliie Trottie	Executed.
17	TX	Lisa Coleman	Executed.
18	OH	Ronald Phillips	Stay granted as a result of court order blocking all Ohio executions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set.
22	PA	Hubert Michael	Stay granted by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit on August 15, 2014 to allow more time for a federal judicial review. Reprieve issued by Governor Tom Corbett on September 12, 2014 because of a lack of execution drugs. The Third Circuit granted a second stay on October 23, 2014 to provide the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections more time “to complete the acquisition of injection agents as mandated by statute.”
October
7	TN	Billy Irick	Stayed to allow more time for appeals regarding the lethal injection protocol.
14	PA	Michael Parrish	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Monroe County Court of Common Pleas on September 4, 2014 to permit Parrish to pursue state post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
15	OH	Raymond Tibbetts	Stay granted as a result of court order blocking all Ohio executions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set.
15	TX	Larry Hatten	Stayed to allow time for a previous appeal to be decided.
28	TX	Miguel Parades	Executed.
29	MO	Mark Christeson	Stay granted by U.S. Supreme Court to consider petition regarding quality of representation during appeals.
November
13	OK	Charles Warner	Stayed to allow the state to obtain drugs and train staff on new protocols. (Update: New Date Set)
13	PA	Miguel Padilla	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on October 3, 2014 to permit Padilla to pursue state and federal post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
13	FL	Chadwick Banks	Executed.
19	OH	Gregory Lott	Stay granted as a result of court order blocking all Ohio executions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set.
19	MO	Leon Taylor	Executed.
20	OK	Richard Glossip	Stayed to allow the state to obtain drugs and train staff on new protocols. (Update: New Date Set)
26	IN	William Gibson	Stayed to allow more time for appeals.
December
2	PA	Michael Ballard	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas on November 18, 2014 pending the outcome of a legal challenge to Pennsylvania’s lethal injection methods.
3	PA	Richard Baumhammers	Legally premature death warrant. Stay granted by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on October 7, 2014 to permit Baumhammers to pursue federal habeas corpus appeals to which all prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
3	TX	Scott Panetti	Stayed to allow time to review recently filed appeals.
4	DE	James Cooke	Stayed to allow more time for appeals.
4	OK	John Grant	Stayed to allow the state to obtain drugs and train staff on new protocols. (Update: New Date Set)
4	PA	Robert Flor	Legally premature death warrant. Stayed by the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas on October 31, 2014 to permit Flor to pursue state post-conviction appeals to which all Pennsylvania prisoners are entitled as a matter of law.
9	TN	Ed Zagorski	Stayed to allow time for appeals regarding Tennessee’s execution methods.
9	GA	Robert Holsey	Executed.
10	MO	Paul Goodwin	Executed.
11	TX	Robert Ladd	Stayed due to an issue with the warrant.

*On September 5, 2014, the Ohio State Department of Rehabilitation Corrections revised its execution schedule for all death sentences previously scheduled from March 2014 and beyond. This was done in order to comply with the August 6, 2014 Federal Court ruling that no executions could be carried out until at least January 2015. The court imposed this moratorium in order to compel a review of Ohio’s lethal injection protocol.

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