Date of Scheduled Execution

January

8

State

PA

Inmate

Mark Spotz

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

16

State

OH

Inmate

Ronald Post

Reason for Stay

Commuted to a sen­tence of life without parole.

29

State

TX

Inmate

Kimberly McCarthy

Reason for Stay

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

February

13

State

LA

Inmate

Christopher Sepulvado

Reason for Stay

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

State

GA

Inmate

Warren Hill

Reason for Stay

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

20

State

TX

Inmate

Britt Ripkowski

Reason for Stay

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

21

State

GA

Inmate

Andrew Cook

Reason for Stay

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

26

State

FL

Inmate

Augustus Howell

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

27

State

TX

Inmate

Larry Swearingen

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for DNA testing.

March

5

State

PA

Inmate

Freeman May

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

6

State

PA

Inmate

Orlando Maisonet

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

6

State

AZ

Inmate

Edward Schad

Reason for Stay

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

7

State

PA

Inmate

Abraham Sanchez

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

21

State

TX

Inmate

Michael Gonzales

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

April

3

State

TX

Inmate

Kimberly McCarthy

Reason for Stay

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

10

State

TX

Inmate

Rigoberto Avila

Reason for Stay

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

State

PA

Inmate

Borgela Philistin

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

24

State

TX

Inmate

Elroy Chester

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time to clar­i­fy legal issues.

25

State

PA

Inmate

Michael Travaglia

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

May

7

State

MS

Inmate

Willie Manning

Reason for Stay

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

21

State

TX

Inmate

Robert Pruett

Reason for Stay

60-day stay to allow for DNA testing.

June

24

State

FL

Inmate

Marshall Gore

Reason for Stay

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

State

FL

Inmate

Marshall Gore

Reason for Stay

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

15, 19

State

GA

Inmate

Warren Hill

Reason for Stay

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

State

VA

Inmate

William Morva

Reason for Stay

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

18 – 24

State

CO

Inmate

Nathan Dunlap

Reason for Stay

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

September

10

State

PA

Inmate

Harve Johnson

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

October

16

State

TX

Inmate

Larry Hatten

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time to deter­mine mental competency.

23

State

MO

Inmate

Allen Nicklasson

Reason for Stay

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

State

TX

Inmate

Arthur Brown

Reason for Stay

Stayed to con­duct addi­tion­al foren­sic tests on evidence.

November

14

State

OH

Inmate

Ronald Phillips

Reason for Stay

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

December

3

State

FL

Inmate

Askari Muhammad

Reason for Stay

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

11

State

MO

Inmate

Allen Nicklasson

Reason for Stay

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

17

State

WA

Inmate

Cecil Davis

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time to continue appeals.

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.