Date of Scheduled Execution

January

15

State

TX

Inmate

Rigoberto Avila

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

15

State

TN

Inmate

Billy Irick

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time to chal­lenge Tennessee’s new one-drug lethal injec­tion pro­to­col. Rescheduled for Oct. 7, 2014.

29

State

MO

Inmate

Herbert Smulls

Reason for Stay

Temporarily stayed by the Supreme Court. Update — Stay lift­ed by Supreme Court with­out expla­na­tion on 1/​29, Smulls exe­cut­ed same day.

February

4

State

DE

Inmate

Gary Ploof

Reason for Stay

Stayed pend­ing res­o­lu­tion of a fed­er­al habeas cor­pus appeal filed ear­li­er this year.

5

State

LA

Inmate

Christopher Sepulvado

Reason for Stay

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.

March

19

State

OH

Inmate

Gregory Lott

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time to review lethal injection procedures.

22

State

OK

Inmate

Clayton Lockett

Reason for Stay

Stayed until April 22 to allow time to find a sup­ply of lethal injection drugs.

26

State

MS

Inmate

Charles Crawford

Reason for Stay

Stayed as exe­cu­tion date had not been affirmed by state court.

27

State

OK

Inmate

Charles Warner

Reason for Stay

Stayed until April 29 to allow time to find a sup­ply of lethal injection drugs.

27

State

MS

Inmate

Michelle Byrom

Reason for Stay

Stayed as exe­cu­tion date had not been affirmed by state court. Update — The Mississippi Supreme Court threw out Michelle Byrom’s mur­der con­vic­tion and death sen­tence and ordered a new tri­al due to numer­ous prob­lems, 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.

April

3

State

TX

Inmate

Tommy Sells

Reason for Stay

Execution blocked by a fed­er­al judge who argued that fail­ure to dis­close details about the drugs Texas is using for exe­cu­tions vio­lates con­sti­tu­tion­al rights. Update — Stay was over­ruled by a fed­er­al appeals court.

9

State

TX

Inmate

Ramiro Hernandes

Reason for Stay

Execution blocked by a fed­er­al judge who argued that fail­ure to dis­close details about the drugs Texas is using for exe­cu­tions vio­lates con­sti­tu­tion­al rights. Update — Stay was over­ruled by a fed­er­al appeals court.

16

State

PA

Inmate

Stephen Edmiston

Reason for Stay

Stayed by fed­er­al judge to allow more time for appeals.

22

State

TN

Inmate

Nickolaus Johnson

Reason for Stay

Granted post-con­vic­tion relief.

22

State

OK

Inmate

Clayton Lockett

Reason for Stay

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 resched­uled for April 29. Update — due to botched exe­cu­tion, Lockett died from a heart attack.

29

State

OK

Inmate

Charles Warner

Reason for Stay

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

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time to answer ques­tions about intellectual disability.

21

State

TX

Inmate

Robert Pruett

Reason for Stay

Stay grant­ed to allow more time for appeals.

21

State

MO

Inmate

Russell Bucklew

Reason for Stay

U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of Bucklew’s exe­cu­tion pend­ing the out­come of an appeal before the 8th Circuit.

29

State

TX

Inmate

Edgardo Cubas

Reason for Stay

Stayed indef­i­nite­ly to eval­u­ate mental competency.

June

18

State

MO

Inmate

John Winfield

Reason for Stay

Stayed on June 12 because of state inter­fer­ence with the clemen­cy process. UPDATE — Stay lift­ed. Winfield was exe­cut­ed on June 18.

18

State

PA

Inmate

Lewis Jordan

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

July

2

State

OH

Inmate

Ronald Phillips

Reason for Stay

Stayed due to all Ohio exe­cu­tions blocked by court order until August 15. UPDATE — resched­uled to Sept. 18. UPDATE — resched­uled to February 11, 2015

10

State

GA

Inmate

Tommy Waldrip

Reason for Stay

Commuted to a sen­tence of life with­out parole by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles.

16

State

MO

Inmate

John Middleton

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time to exam­ine claims of men­tal ill­ness. UPDATE — stay lift­ed, exe­cut­ed on July 16.

23

State

AZ

Inmate

Joseph Wood

Reason for Stay

Stayed pend­ing state’s release of exe­cu­tion infor­ma­tion. UPDATE: Stay lift­ed by US Supreme Ct. on July 22.

August

6

State

OH

Inmate

William Montgomery

Reason for Stay

Stayed due to all Ohio exe­cu­tions blocked by court order until January 15, 2015 New Date Set

6

State

TX

Inmate

Manuel Vasquez

Reason for Stay

To allow more time for clemen­cy peti­tion and final appeal.

10

State

MO

Inmate

Leon Taylor

Reason for Stay

No rea­son giv­en. Attorneys asked for more time for an appeal.

20

State

PA

Inmate

Patrick Stollar

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

21

State

PA

Inmate

Glenn Lyons

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

September

18

State

OH

Inmate

Ronald Phillips

Reason for Stay

Stayed due to all Ohio exe­cu­tions blocked by court order until January 15, 2015 New Date Set

22

State

PA

Inmate

Hubert Michael

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for a fed­er­al judi­cial review. UPDATE: A sec­ond stay has been grant­ed because the PA Department of Corrections requires more time ​“to com­plete the acqui­si­tion of injec­tion agents as man­dat­ed by statute”. (Notice of Reprieve 9/​12/​14)

October

7

State

TN

Inmate

Billy Irick

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for appeals regard­ing the lethal injection protocol.

14

State

PA

Inmate

Michael Parrish

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

15

State

OH

Inmate

Raymond Tibbetts

Reason for Stay

Stayed due to all Ohio exe­cu­tions blocked by court order until January 15, 2015 New Date Set

15

State

TX

Inmate

Larry Hatten

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for a pre­vi­ous appeal to be decided.

29

State

MO

Inmate

Mark Christeson

Reason for Stay

Stayed by U.S. Supreme Court to con­sid­er peti­tion regard­ing qual­i­ty of rep­re­sen­ta­tion during appeals.

November

13

State

OK

Inmate

Charles Warner

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow the state to obtain drugs and train staff on new pro­to­cols. (Update: New Date Set)

13

State

PA

Inmate

Miguel Padilla

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

19

State

OH

Inmate

Gregory Lott

Reason for Stay

Stayed due to all Ohio exe­cu­tions blocked by court order until January 15, 2015 New Date Set

20

State

OK

Inmate

Richard Glossip

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow the state to obtain drugs and train staff on new pro­to­cols. (Update: New Date Set)

26

State

IN

Inmate

William Gibson

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

December

2

State

PA

Inmate

Michael Ballard

Reason for Stay

Stayed pend­ing the out­come of a legal chal­lenge to Pennsylvania’s lethal injection methods.

3

State

PA

Inmate

Richard Baumhammers

Reason for Stay

Stayed pend­ing a fed­er­al court appeal,

3

State

TX

Inmate

Scott Panetti

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time to review recent­ly filed appeals.

4

State

DE

Inmate

James Cooke

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

4

State

OK

Inmate

John Grant

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow the state to obtain drugs and train staff on new pro­to­cols. (Update: New Date Set)

4

State

PA

Inmate

Robert Flor

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

9

State

TN

Inmate

Ed Zagorski

Reason for Stay

Stayed to allow time for appeals regard­ing Tennessee’s execution methods.

11

State

TX

Inmate

Robert Ladd

Reason for Stay

Stayed due to an issue with the warrant.

Date of Scheduled ExecutionStateInmateReason for Stay

January

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.

29

MO

Herbert Smulls

Temporarily stayed by the Supreme Court. Update — Stay lift­ed by Supreme Court with­out expla­na­tion on 1/​29, Smulls exe­cut­ed same day.

February

4

DE

Gary Ploof

Stayed 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.

March

19

OH

Gregory Lott

Stayed to allow time to review lethal injection procedures.

22

OK

Clayton Lockett

Stayed until April 22 to allow time to find a sup­ply of lethal injection drugs.

26

MS

Charles Crawford

Stayed as exe­cu­tion date had not been affirmed by state court.

27

OK

Charles Warner

Stayed until April 29 to allow time to find a sup­ply of lethal injection drugs.

27

MS

Michelle Byrom

Stayed as exe­cu­tion date had not been affirmed by state court. Update — The Mississippi Supreme Court threw out Michelle Byrom’s mur­der con­vic­tion and death sen­tence and ordered a new tri­al due to numer­ous prob­lems, 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.

April

3

TX

Tommy Sells

Execution blocked by a fed­er­al judge who argued that fail­ure to dis­close details about the drugs Texas is using for exe­cu­tions vio­lates con­sti­tu­tion­al rights. Update — Stay was over­ruled by a fed­er­al appeals court.

9

TX

Ramiro Hernandes

Execution blocked by a fed­er­al judge who argued that fail­ure to dis­close details about the drugs Texas is using for exe­cu­tions vio­lates con­sti­tu­tion­al rights. Update — Stay was over­ruled by a fed­er­al appeals court.

16

PA

Stephen Edmiston

Stayed by fed­er­al judge to allow more time for appeals.

22

TN

Nickolaus Johnson

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 resched­uled for April 29. Update — due to 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

Stayed to allow time to answer ques­tions about intellectual disability.

21

TX

Robert Pruett

Stay grant­ed to allow more time for appeals.

21

MO

Russell Bucklew

U.S. Supreme Court issued a stay of Bucklew’s exe­cu­tion pend­ing the out­come of an appeal before the 8th Circuit.

29

TX

Edgardo Cubas

Stayed indef­i­nite­ly to eval­u­ate mental competency.

June

18

MO

John Winfield

Stayed on June 12 because of state inter­fer­ence with the clemen­cy process. UPDATE — Stay lift­ed. Winfield was exe­cut­ed on June 18.

18

PA

Lewis Jordan

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

July

2

OH

Ronald Phillips

Stayed due to all Ohio exe­cu­tions blocked by court order 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.

16

MO

John Middleton

Stayed to allow time to exam­ine claims of men­tal ill­ness. UPDATE — stay lift­ed, exe­cut­ed on July 16.

23

AZ

Joseph Wood

Stayed pend­ing state’s release of exe­cu­tion infor­ma­tion. UPDATE: Stay lift­ed by US Supreme Ct. on July 22.

August

6

OH

William Montgomery

Stayed due to all Ohio exe­cu­tions blocked by court order until January 15, 2015 New Date Set

6

TX

Manuel Vasquez

To allow more time for clemen­cy peti­tion and final appeal.

10

MO

Leon Taylor

No rea­son giv­en. Attorneys asked for more time for an appeal.

20

PA

Patrick Stollar

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

21

PA

Glenn Lyons

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

September

18

OH

Ronald Phillips

Stayed due to all Ohio exe­cu­tions blocked by court order until January 15, 2015 New Date Set

22

PA

Hubert Michael

Stayed to allow more time for a fed­er­al judi­cial review. UPDATE: A sec­ond stay has been grant­ed because the PA Department of Corrections requires more time ​“to com­plete the acqui­si­tion of injec­tion agents as man­dat­ed by statute”. (Notice of Reprieve 9/​12/​14)

October

7

TN

Billy Irick

Stayed to allow more time for appeals regard­ing the lethal injection protocol.

14

PA

Michael Parrish

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

15

OH

Raymond Tibbetts

Stayed due to all Ohio exe­cu­tions blocked by court order until January 15, 2015 New Date Set

15

TX

Larry Hatten

Stayed to allow time for a pre­vi­ous appeal to be decided.

29

MO

Mark Christeson

Stayed 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

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

19

OH

Gregory Lott

Stayed due to all Ohio exe­cu­tions blocked by court order until January 15, 2015 New Date Set

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

Stayed pend­ing the out­come of a legal chal­lenge to Pennsylvania’s lethal injection methods.

3

PA

Richard Baumhammers

Stayed pend­ing a fed­er­al court appeal,

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

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

9

TN

Ed Zagorski

Stayed to allow time for appeals regard­ing Tennessee’s execution methods.

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. For more infor­ma­tion about the rul­ing, click here. For the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections press release regard­ing the revised exe­cu­tion sched­ule, click here.

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