Stays and Executions in 2016

Date of Scheduled Execution

January

7

State

FL

Inmate

Oscar Bolin

Outcome

Executed

14

State

AR

Inmate

Jason McGehee

Outcome

Temporary restrain­ing order grant­ed stay­ing exe­cu­tion so already pend­ing judi­cial review of AR lethal injec­tion pro­ce­dures could take place.~

14

State

AR

Inmate

Kenneth Williams

Outcome

Temporary restrain­ing order grant­ed stay­ing exe­cu­tion so already pend­ing judi­cial review of AR lethal injec­tion pro­ce­dures could take place.~

19

State

PA

Inmate

Gerald Watkins

Outcome

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 4, 2015 to per­mit Watkins to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

20

State

TX

Inmate

Richard Masterson

Outcome

Executed

21

State

OH

Inmate

Ronald Phillips

Outcome

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

21

State

OH

Inmate

Jeffery Wogenstahl

Outcome

Rescheduled as a result of all 2015 Ohio exe­cu­tions being post­poned until 2016 to allow the state more time to obtain new drugs. New Date Set.

21

State

AL

Inmate

Christopher Brooks

Outcome

Executed

22

State

PA

Inmate

Andre Staton

Outcome

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 2, 2015 to per­mit Watkins to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

27

State

TX

Inmate

James Freeman

Outcome

Executed

JANUARY 2016
State10 sched­uled executions
Inmate6 states
Outcome4 exe­cu­tions; 4 exe­cu­tions stayed or enjoined; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled.

February

3

State

GA

Inmate

Brandon Jones

Outcome

Executed

11

State

FL

Inmate

Michael Ray Lambrix

Outcome

Stayed by Florida Supreme Court while the court con­sid­ers his peti­tion rais­ing the retroac­tiv­i­ty of Hurst v. Florida (U.S. 2016).

16

State

TX

Inmate

Gustavo Garcia

Outcome

Executed

17

State

GA

Inmate

Travis Hittson

Outcome

Executed

19

State

OH

Inmate

Raymond Tibbetts

Outcome

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

FEBRUARY 2016
State5 sched­uled executions
Inmate4 states
Outcome3 exe­cu­tions; 1 exe­cu­tion stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve

March

9

State

TX

Inmate

Coy Wesbrook

Outcome

Executed

14

State

LA

Inmate

Daniel Blank

Outcome

Stayed by the Louisiana Supreme Court on a unanimous decision.

15

State

TN

Inmate

Donald Strouth

Outcome

Died on death row, May 13, 2015

15

State

PA

Inmate

Thomas Meadows

Outcome

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on January 28, 2016 to per­mit Meadows to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

16

State

PA

Inmate

Jeffrey Martin

Outcome

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Greene County Court of Common Pleas on February 9, 2016 to per­mit Martin to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

16

State

VA

Inmate

Ricky Jovan Gray

Outcome

4th Circuit issued a stay while the Supreme Court is con­sid­er­ing hear­ing the case.

18

State

PA

Inmate

Christopher Johnson

Outcome

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on March 2, 2016 to per­mit Johnson to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

17

State

FL

Inmate

Mark James Asay

Outcome

Stayed by Florida Supreme Court while the court con­sid­ers his peti­tion rais­ing the retroac­tiv­i­ty of Hurst v. Florida (U.S. 2016).

22

State

TX

Inmate

Adam Ward

Outcome

Executed

23

State

OH

Inmate

Alva Campbell

Outcome

Rescheduled due to all 2015 Ohio exe­cu­tions being post­poned until 2016 to allow the state more time to obtain new drugs. New Date Set^^

30

State

TX

Inmate

John David Battaglia

Outcome

Stayed by 5th Circuit for appoint­ment of new fed­er­al coun­sel to devel­op claim of incom­pe­tence to be executed

31

State

GA

Inmate

Joshua Bishop

Outcome

Executed

MARCH 2016
State12 sched­uled executions
Inmate8 states
Outcome3 exe­cu­tions; 7 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion resched­uled; 1 exe­cu­tion moot­ed when pris­on­er died on death row.

April

6

State

TX

Inmate

Pablo Vasquez

Outcome

Executed

12

State

GA

Inmate

Kenneth Fults

Outcome

Executed

13

State

VA

Inmate

Ivan Teleguz

Outcome

Stayed by 4th Circuit to per­mit fil­ing and dis­po­si­tion of peti­tion for writ of cer­tio­rari in U.S. Supreme Court

20

State

OH

Inmate

Gregory Lott

Outcome

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

27

State

TX

Inmate

Robert Pruett

Outcome

Date changed to August 23, 2016.

27

State

GA

Inmate

Daniel Lucas

Outcome

Executed

APRIL 2016
State6 sched­uled executions
Inmate4 states
Outcome3 exe­cu­tions; 1 exe­cu­tion stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled.

May

2

State

PA

Inmate

Stephen Treiber

Outcome

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on March 16, 2016 to per­mit Treiber to pur­sue habeas cor­pus appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of fed­er­al law.#

3

State

PA

Inmate

Shonda Dee Walter

Outcome

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Clinton County Court of Common Pleas on March 16, 2016 to per­mit Walter to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

11

State

MO

Inmate

Earl Forrest

Outcome

Executed on May 11, 2016

11

State

TX

Inmate

Terry Darnell Edwards

Outcome

Date changed to October 19, 2016.

12

State

AL

Inmate

Vernon Madison

Outcome

Stay grant­ed by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for a deter­mi­na­tion of whether the Alabama state court’s deci­sion find­ing him com­pe­tent to be exe­cut­ed was con­trary to or an unrea­son­able appli­ca­tion of clear­ly estab­lished U.S. Supreme Court prece­dent, or was the prod­uct of an unrea­son­able deter­mi­na­tion of the facts con­cern­ing Madison’s com­pe­ten­cy. The U.S. Supreme Court split 4 – 4 on Alabama’s motion to vacate the stay, leav­ing the cir­cuit court’s decision intact.

18

State

OH

Inmate

Angelo Fears

Outcome

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

MAY 2016
State6 sched­uled executions
Inmate5 states
Outcome1 exe­cu­tion; 3 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled.

June

2

State

TX

Inmate

Charles Flores

Outcome

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grant­ed a stay of exe­cu­tion on May 27 to per­mit Flores to pur­sue a sec­ond state habeas cor­pus peti­tion chal­leng­ing the pros­e­cu­tion’s use of hyp­not­i­cal­ly refreshed eye­wit­ness tes­ti­mo­ny to con­vict him of the murder.

21

State

TX

Inmate

Robert Roberson

Outcome

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grant­ed a stay of exe­cu­tion on June 6, 2016 to per­mit Roberson to pur­sue a sec­ond state habeas peti­tion chal­leng­ing the pros­e­cu­tion’s use of ​“shak­en baby” evi­dence on the grounds that: (1) new sci­en­tif­ic evi­dence estab­lish­es that Roberson would not have been con­vict­ed; (2) ​“the State relied on false, mis­lead­ing, and sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly invalid tes­ti­mo­ny” in vio­la­tion of Roberson’s Texas due process rights; (3) Roberson ​“is actu­al­ly inno­cent of cap­i­tal mur­der”; and (4) Roberson ​“is enti­tled to habeas relief because his due process right to a fun­da­men­tal­ly fair tri­al was vio­lat­ed by the State’s intro­duc­tion of false foren­sic sci­ence tes­ti­mo­ny that cur­rent sci­ence has exposed as false.”

22

State

OH

Inmate

Warren Henness

Outcome

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

JUNE 2016
State3 sched­uled executions
Inmate2 states
Outcome2 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve.

July

1

State

PA

Inmate

George Hitcho

Outcome

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas on June 3, 2016 to per­mit Hitcho to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

14

State

TX

Inmate

Perry Williams

Outcome

Execution stayed on July 6, 2016 by a Harris County tri­al court pend­ing test­ing of lethal injec­tion drug by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as part of a lawsuit settlement.

14

State

GA

Inmate

John Wayne Conner

Outcome

Executed short­ly after mid­night on July 15, 2016.

20

State

OH

Inmate

Cleveland R. Jackson

Outcome

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

20

State

TX

Inmate

Taichin Preyor

Outcome

Execution date with­drawn upon motion of the par­ties.

27

State

TX

Inmate

Rolando Ruiz

Outcome

Date changed to August 31, 2016.

JULY 2016
State6 sched­uled executions
Inmate4 states
Outcome1 exe­cu­tion; 2 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 exe­cu­tion date with­drawn; 1 execution rescheduled.

August

10

State

TX

Inmate

Ramiro Gonzales

Outcome

Date changed to November 2, 2016.

15

State

OH

Inmate

William Montgomery

Outcome

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

23

State

TX

Inmate

Robert Pruett

Outcome

Stay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on August 11 to per­mit review of claims based on DNA evidence.

24

State

TX

Inmate

Jeffery Wood

Outcome

Stay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on August 19 to per­mit review of claims that death sen­tence was a prod­uct of false sci­en­tif­ic evi­dence con­cern­ing future dan­ger­ous­ness and that the pros­e­cu­tion’s use of false tes­ti­mo­ny to obtain the death sen­tence vio­lat­ed due process.

31

State

TX

Inmate

Rolando Ruiz

Outcome

Stay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on August 26 ​“pend­ing fur­ther order of this Court,” fol­low­ing fil­ing of suc­ces­sive state post-con­vic­tion peti­tion chal­leng­ing (1) inef­fec­tive­ness of tri­al and inti­tial post-con­vic­tion coun­sel for fail­ing to inves­ti­gate and present mit­i­gat­ing evi­dence and (2) the con­sti­tu­tion­al­i­ty of an exe­cu­tion two decades after the death sen­tence was imposed.

AUGUST 2016
State5 sched­uled executions
Inmate2 states
Outcome3 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; one execution rescheduled.

September

14

State

TX

Inmate

Robert Mitchell Jennings

Outcome

Stay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals by a vote of 5 – 4 on September 2 ​“pend­ing fur­ther order of this Court.”

21

State

OH

Inmate

Kareem Jackson

Outcome

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

SEPTEMBER 2016
State2 sched­uled executions
Inmate2 states
Outcome1 exe­cu­tion stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve.

October

5

State

TX

Inmate

Barney Fuller

Outcome

Executed (vol­un­teer)

19

State

OH

Inmate

Robert Van Hook

Outcome

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

19

State

TX

Inmate

Terry Darnell Edwards

Outcome

Date changed to January 26, 2017.

19

State

GA

Inmate

Gregory Lawler

Outcome

Executed

OCTOBER 2016
State4 sched­uled executions
Inmate2 states
Outcome2 exe­cu­tions; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled.

November

2

State

TX

Inmate

Ramiro Gonzales

Outcome

Warrant with­drawn

3

State

AL

Inmate

Thomas Arthur

Outcome

Stay grant­ed by the U.S. Supreme Court pend­ing review of Arthur’s peti­tion for writ of cer­tio­rari involv­ing a chal­lenge to Alabama’s method of execution.

16

State

OH

Inmate

Jeffery Wogenstahl

Outcome

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

16

State

GA

Inmate

Steven Spears

Outcome

Executed (vol­un­teer)

NOVEMBER 2016
State4 sched­uled executions
Inmate4 states
Outcome1 exe­cu­tion; 1 exe­cu­tion stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 warrant withdrawn.

December

6

State

GA

Inmate

William Sallie

Outcome

Executed

7

State

TX

Inmate

John Battaglia

Outcome

Stay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on December 4 with direc­tions to the par­ties to file briefs with­in 60 days on the ques­tion of Battaglia’s com­pe­ten­cy to be executed. 

8

State

AL

Inmate

Ronald Smith

Outcome

Executed

19

State

PA

Inmate

Kevin Murphy

Outcome

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on November 3, 2016 to per­mit Murphy to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and federal law.#

DECEMBER 2016
State4 sched­uled executions
Inmate4 states
Outcome2 exe­cu­tions; 2 executions stayed.
Date of Scheduled ExecutionStateInmateOutcome

January

7

FL

Oscar Bolin

Executed

14

AR

Jason McGehee

Temporary restrain­ing order grant­ed stay­ing exe­cu­tion so already pend­ing judi­cial review of AR lethal injec­tion pro­ce­dures could take place.~

14

AR

Kenneth Williams

Temporary restrain­ing order grant­ed stay­ing exe­cu­tion so already pend­ing judi­cial review of AR lethal injec­tion pro­ce­dures could take place.~

19

PA

Gerald Watkins

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 4, 2015 to per­mit Watkins to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

20

TX

Richard Masterson

Executed

21

OH

Ronald Phillips

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

21

OH

Jeffery Wogenstahl

Rescheduled as a result of all 2015 Ohio exe­cu­tions being post­poned until 2016 to allow the state more time to obtain new drugs. New Date Set.

21

AL

Christopher Brooks

Executed

22

PA

Andre Staton

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on December 2, 2015 to per­mit Watkins to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

27

TX

James Freeman

Executed
JANUARY 201610 sched­uled executions6 states4 exe­cu­tions; 4 exe­cu­tions stayed or enjoined; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled.

February

3

GA

Brandon Jones

Executed

11

FL

Michael Ray Lambrix

Stayed by Florida Supreme Court while the court con­sid­ers his peti­tion rais­ing the retroac­tiv­i­ty of Hurst v. Florida (U.S. 2016).

16

TX

Gustavo Garcia

Executed

17

GA

Travis Hittson

Executed

19

OH

Raymond Tibbetts

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^
FEBRUARY 20165 sched­uled executions4 states3 exe­cu­tions; 1 exe­cu­tion stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve

March

9

TX

Coy Wesbrook

Executed

14

LA

Daniel Blank

Stayed by the Louisiana Supreme Court on a unanimous decision.

15

TN

Donald Strouth

Died on death row, May 13, 2015

15

PA

Thomas Meadows

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on January 28, 2016 to per­mit Meadows to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

16

PA

Jeffrey Martin

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Greene County Court of Common Pleas on February 9, 2016 to per­mit Martin to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

16

VA

Ricky Jovan Gray

4th Circuit issued a stay while the Supreme Court is con­sid­er­ing hear­ing the case.

18

PA

Christopher Johnson

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on March 2, 2016 to per­mit Johnson to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

17

FL

Mark James Asay

Stayed by Florida Supreme Court while the court con­sid­ers his peti­tion rais­ing the retroac­tiv­i­ty of Hurst v. Florida (U.S. 2016).

22

TX

Adam Ward

Executed

23

OH

Alva Campbell

Rescheduled due to all 2015 Ohio exe­cu­tions being post­poned until 2016 to allow the state more time to obtain new drugs. New Date Set^^

30

TX

John David Battaglia

Stayed by 5th Circuit for appoint­ment of new fed­er­al coun­sel to devel­op claim of incom­pe­tence to be executed

31

GA

Joshua Bishop

Executed
MARCH 201612 sched­uled executions8 states3 exe­cu­tions; 7 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion resched­uled; 1 exe­cu­tion moot­ed when pris­on­er died on death row.

April

6

TX

Pablo Vasquez

Executed

12

GA

Kenneth Fults

Executed

13

VA

Ivan Teleguz

Stayed by 4th Circuit to per­mit fil­ing and dis­po­si­tion of peti­tion for writ of cer­tio­rari in U.S. Supreme Court

20

OH

Gregory Lott

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

27

TX

Robert Pruett

Date changed to August 23, 2016.

27

GA

Daniel Lucas

Executed
APRIL 20166 sched­uled executions4 states3 exe­cu­tions; 1 exe­cu­tion stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled.

May

2

PA

Stephen Treiber

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on March 16, 2016 to per­mit Treiber to pur­sue habeas cor­pus appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of fed­er­al law.#

3

PA

Shonda Dee Walter

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Clinton County Court of Common Pleas on March 16, 2016 to per­mit Walter to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

11

MO

Earl Forrest

Executed on May 11, 2016

11

TX

Terry Darnell Edwards

Date changed to October 19, 2016.

12

AL

Vernon Madison

Stay grant­ed by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit for a deter­mi­na­tion of whether the Alabama state court’s deci­sion find­ing him com­pe­tent to be exe­cut­ed was con­trary to or an unrea­son­able appli­ca­tion of clear­ly estab­lished U.S. Supreme Court prece­dent, or was the prod­uct of an unrea­son­able deter­mi­na­tion of the facts con­cern­ing Madison’s com­pe­ten­cy. The U.S. Supreme Court split 4 – 4 on Alabama’s motion to vacate the stay, leav­ing the cir­cuit court’s decision intact.

18

OH

Angelo Fears

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^
MAY 20166 sched­uled executions5 states1 exe­cu­tion; 3 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled.

June

2

TX

Charles Flores

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grant­ed a stay of exe­cu­tion on May 27 to per­mit Flores to pur­sue a sec­ond state habeas cor­pus peti­tion chal­leng­ing the pros­e­cu­tion’s use of hyp­not­i­cal­ly refreshed eye­wit­ness tes­ti­mo­ny to con­vict him of the murder.

21

TX

Robert Roberson

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals grant­ed a stay of exe­cu­tion on June 6, 2016 to per­mit Roberson to pur­sue a sec­ond state habeas peti­tion chal­leng­ing the pros­e­cu­tion’s use of ​“shak­en baby” evi­dence on the grounds that: (1) new sci­en­tif­ic evi­dence estab­lish­es that Roberson would not have been con­vict­ed; (2) ​“the State relied on false, mis­lead­ing, and sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly invalid tes­ti­mo­ny” in vio­la­tion of Roberson’s Texas due process rights; (3) Roberson ​“is actu­al­ly inno­cent of cap­i­tal mur­der”; and (4) Roberson ​“is enti­tled to habeas relief because his due process right to a fun­da­men­tal­ly fair tri­al was vio­lat­ed by the State’s intro­duc­tion of false foren­sic sci­ence tes­ti­mo­ny that cur­rent sci­ence has exposed as false.”

22

OH

Warren Henness

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^
JUNE 20163 sched­uled executions2 states2 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve.

July

1

PA

George Hitcho

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Northampton County Court of Common Pleas on June 3, 2016 to per­mit Hitcho to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

14

TX

Perry Williams

Execution stayed on July 6, 2016 by a Harris County tri­al court pend­ing test­ing of lethal injec­tion drug by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice as part of a lawsuit settlement.

14

GA

John Wayne Conner

Executed short­ly after mid­night on July 15, 2016.

20

OH

Cleveland R. Jackson

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

20

TX

Taichin Preyor

Execution date with­drawn upon motion of the par­ties.

27

TX

Rolando Ruiz

Date changed to August 31, 2016.
JULY 20166 sched­uled executions4 states1 exe­cu­tion; 2 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 exe­cu­tion date with­drawn; 1 execution rescheduled.

August

10

TX

Ramiro Gonzales

Date changed to November 2, 2016.

15

OH

William Montgomery

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

23

TX

Robert Pruett

Stay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on August 11 to per­mit review of claims based on DNA evidence.

24

TX

Jeffery Wood

Stay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on August 19 to per­mit review of claims that death sen­tence was a prod­uct of false sci­en­tif­ic evi­dence con­cern­ing future dan­ger­ous­ness and that the pros­e­cu­tion’s use of false tes­ti­mo­ny to obtain the death sen­tence vio­lat­ed due process.

31

TX

Rolando Ruiz

Stay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on August 26 ​“pend­ing fur­ther order of this Court,” fol­low­ing fil­ing of suc­ces­sive state post-con­vic­tion peti­tion chal­leng­ing (1) inef­fec­tive­ness of tri­al and inti­tial post-con­vic­tion coun­sel for fail­ing to inves­ti­gate and present mit­i­gat­ing evi­dence and (2) the con­sti­tu­tion­al­i­ty of an exe­cu­tion two decades after the death sen­tence was imposed.
AUGUST 20165 sched­uled executions2 states3 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; one execution rescheduled.

September

14

TX

Robert Mitchell Jennings

Stay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals by a vote of 5 – 4 on September 2 ​“pend­ing fur­ther order of this Court.”

21

OH

Kareem Jackson

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^
SEPTEMBER 20162 sched­uled executions2 states1 exe­cu­tion stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve.

October

5

TX

Barney Fuller

Executed (vol­un­teer)

19

OH

Robert Van Hook

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

19

TX

Terry Darnell Edwards

Date changed to January 26, 2017.

19

GA

Gregory Lawler

Executed
OCTOBER 20164 sched­uled executions2 states2 exe­cu­tions; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled.

November

2

TX

Ramiro Gonzales

Warrant with­drawn

3

AL

Thomas Arthur

Stay grant­ed by the U.S. Supreme Court pend­ing review of Arthur’s peti­tion for writ of cer­tio­rari involv­ing a chal­lenge to Alabama’s method of execution.

16

OH

Jeffery Wogenstahl

All 2016 Ohio exe­cu­tions grant­ed a reprieve because new exe­cu­tion drugs could not be obtained.^^

16

GA

Steven Spears

Executed (vol­un­teer)
NOVEMBER 20164 sched­uled executions4 states1 exe­cu­tion; 1 exe­cu­tion stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 warrant withdrawn.

December

6

GA

William Sallie

Executed

7

TX

John Battaglia

Stay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on December 4 with direc­tions to the par­ties to file briefs with­in 60 days on the ques­tion of Battaglia’s com­pe­ten­cy to be executed. 

8

AL

Ronald Smith

Executed

19

PA

Kevin Murphy

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on November 3, 2016 to per­mit Murphy to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and federal law.#
DECEMBER 20164 sched­uled executions4 states2 exe­cu­tions; 2 executions stayed.

#On February 13, 2015, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf issued a mem­o­ran­dum announc­ing a mora­to­ri­um on all exe­cu­tions in the state. The memo stat­ed that no exe­cu­tions will take place at least until he has ​“received and reviewed the forth­com­ing report of the Pennsylvania Task Force and Advisory Commission on Capital Punishment.” 

~ On October 8, 2015, the Arkansas Circuit Court grant­ed a tem­po­rary restrain­ing order stay­ing all eight sched­uled exe­cu­tions so that already pend­ing judi­cial review of the state’s exe­cu­tion pro­ce­dures could take place. Two of those exe­cu­tions were set for 2016. 

^^ On October 19, 2015 the Ohio Department of Corrections issued a state­ment that Gov. Kasich grant­ed reprieves post­pon­ing all exe­cu­tions that the state had sched­uled in 2016. 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.

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

2016 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Month
Month
Scheduled Executions
Executions
Stayed by Courts
Reprieves
Execution Date Rescheduled
Withdrawn
Died on Death Row
January
10
4
4
2
0
0
0
February
5
3
1
1
0
0
0
March
12
3
7
1
0
0
1
April
6
3
1
1
1
0
0
May
6
1
3
1
1
0
0
June
3
0
2
1
0
0
0
July
6
1
3
1
1
0
0
August
5
0
3
1
1
0
0
September
2
0
1
1
0
0
0
October
4
2
0
1
1
0
0
November
4
1
1
1
0
1
0
December
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
2016 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Month
MonthScheduled ExecutionsExecutionsStayed by CourtsReprievesExecution Date RescheduledWithdrawnDied on Death Row
Total67202812511
January10442000
February5311000
March12371001
April6311100
May6131100
June3021000
July6131100
August5031100
September2011000
October4201100
November4111010
December4220000
2016 Death Warrant Outcomes by State
State
Scheduled Executions
Executions
Stayed by Courts
Reprieves
Execution Date Rescheduled
Withdrawn
Died on Death Row
Texas
23
7
10
0
5
1
0
Ohio
12
0
0
12
0
0
0
Georgia
9
9
0
0
0
0
0
Pennsylvania
9
0
9
0
0
0
0
Alabama
4
2
2
0
0
0
0
Florida
3
1
2
0
0
0
0
Arkansas
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
Virginia
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
Missouri
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
Louisiana
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
Tennessee
1
0
0
0
0
0
1
2016 Death Warrant Outcomes by State
StateScheduled ExecutionsExecutionsStayed by CourtsReprievesExecution Date RescheduledWithdrawnDied on Death Row
Total67202812511
Texas237100510
Ohio120012000
Georgia9900000
Pennsylvania9090000
Alabama4220000
Florida3120000
Arkansas2020000
Virginia2020000
Missouri1100000
Louisiana1010000
Tennessee1000001