Outcomes of Death Warrants in 2015

7

OH

Warren Henness

Stay grant­ed as a result of court order block­ing all Ohio exe­cu­tions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set.

8

PA

Christopher Roney

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on December 5, 2014 to per­mit Roney to pur­sue habeas cor­pus appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of federal law

13

PA

Mark Edwards

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas on December 10, 2014 to per­mit Edwards to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.

13

GA

Andrew Brannan

Executed

14

TX

Rodney Reed

Stayed to allow time for appeals regard­ing DNA test­ing. Judge denied a motion to intro­duce new DNA test­ing into the case. New date set.

15

PA

Dennis Reed

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas on November 24, 2014 to per­mit Reed to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.

15

TX

Richard Vasquez

Stayed due to a request for a delay from the prosecution.

15

FL

John Kormondy

Executed

15

OK

Charles Warner

Executed in vio­la­tion of Oklahoma law when state’s anony­mous drug sup­pli­er pro­vid­ed Oklahoma Department of Corrections with wrong exe­cu­tion drug. Error not noticed until autop­sy results dis­closed in response to media free­dom of infor­ma­tion act litigation.

21

TX

Arnold Prieto

Executed

27

GA

Warren Hill

Executed

28

MO

Marcellus Williams

Stayed to allow the Missouri State Supreme Court to con­sid­er a request for DNA test­ing that might show innocence.

28

TX

Garcia White

Stayed to allow time for the court to con­sid­er sev­er­al fac­tors per­tain­ing to the case.

29

OK

Richard Glossip

Stayed to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case chal­leng­ing Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocols.

29

TX

Robert Ladd

Executed

February

4

TX

Donald Newbury

Executed

10

TN

Stephen West

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

10

TX

Lester Bower

Stayed to allow the court to allow time to con­sid­er a petition.

11

OH

William Montgomery

Stay grant­ed as a result of court order block­ing all Ohio exe­cu­tions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set

11

OH

Ronald Phillips

Rescheduled to allow time for the state to obtain new drugs.

11

MO

Walter Storey

Executed

19

AL

Tommy Arthur

Initially stayed to allow time for the dis­trict court to con­duct fact-find­ing and gath­er evi­dence regard­ing Arthur’s claims that Alabama’s lethal injec­tion pro­to­col vio­lates his 8^th amend­ment right to be free from cru­el and unusu­al pun­ish­ment. The stay was then lift­ed on 2/​12 by the 11^th Circuit, but the fed­er­al dis­trict court grant­ed a sec­ond stay on 2/​17 say­ing that Arthur had met his bur­den for further appeals.

19

OK

John Grant

Stayed to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case chal­leng­ing Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocols.

25

GA

Kelly Gissendaner

Stayed tem­porar­i­ly and resched­uled to 3/​2/​15 due to weather.

26

FL

Jerry Correll

Stayed to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case chal­leng­ing Oklahoma’s lethal injec­tion pro­to­cols. (Florida uses the same lethal injec­tion pro­to­col as Oklahoma.)

March

2

GA

Kelly Gissendaner

Stayed due to prob­lems with the lethal injec­tion drug. Later exe­cut­ed on 9/​30/​15.

4

PA

Terrance Williams

Reprieve issued on February 13, 2015 by Governor Tom Wolf pend­ing com­ple­tion of report of the Pennsylvania Task Force and Advisory Commission on Capital Punishment and adop­tion of leg­isla­tive reforms to Pennsylvania’s death penal­ty.#

5

OK

Benjamin Cole

Stayed to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear a case chal­leng­ing Oklahoma’s lethal injection protocols.

5

PA

Kenneth Hairston

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas on February 9, 2015 to per­mit Hairston to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

5

TX

Rodney Reed

Stay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to con­sid­er new­ly discovered evidence.

10

GA

Brian Terrell

Stayed pend­ing an inves­ti­ga­tion into prob­lems with Georgia’s lethal injection drugs.

10

PA

Alfonso Sanchez

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas on February 3, 2015 to per­mit Sanchez to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

11

PA

Robert Diamond

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Reprieve issued on March 5, 2015 by Governor Tom Wolf pend­ing com­ple­tion of report of the Pennsylvania Task Force and Advisory Commission on Capital Punishment and adop­tion of leg­isla­tive reforms to Pennsylvania’s death penal­ty.#

11

TX

Manuel Vasquez

Executed

12

OH

Robert Van Hook

Stay grant­ed as a result of court order block­ing all Ohio exe­cu­tions until January 15, 2015. New Date Set.

12

OH

Raymond Tibbetts

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.

12

PA

Kevin Mattison

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stayed by the York County Court of Common Pleas on March 12, 2015 to per­mit Mattison to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

17

MO

Cecil Clayton

Executed

18

TX

Randall Mays

Stayed to review issues sur­round­ing the men­tal health of the inmate.

19

AL

Bill Kuenzel

Stay grant­ed by the Alabama Supreme Court pend­ing fur­ther orders of the court to allow more time for appeals.

24

TN

Donnie Johnson

Stayed to allow more time for appeals regard­ing the state’s execution method.

April

9

TX

Kent Sprouse

Executed

14

MO

Andre Cole

Stay grant­ed by U.S. District Ct. because of con­cerns about men­tal com­pe­ten­cy. Stay over­turned by Cir. Ct. Executed as sched­uled on April 14.

15

TX

Manuel Garza

Executed

17

PA

Lance Arrington

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 24, 2015 to per­mit Arrington to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

17

PA

Albert Perez

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 31, 2015 to per­mit Perez to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

23

TX

Richard Vasquez

Stayed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to con­sid­er new appellate issues.

28

TX

Robert Pruett

Stayed by tri­al court to pos­si­bly allow DNA testing.

May

3

SD

Rodney Berget

Stayed to allow more time for appeal.

8

PA

Anthony Reid

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 26, 2015 to per­mit Reid to pur­sue habeas cor­pus appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of fed­er­al law. Reid has two death-penal­ty cas­es. This war­rant was issued in his first Philadelphia death sen­tence.#

8

PA

Anthony Reid

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on March 26, 2015 to per­mit Reid to pur­sue habeas cor­pus appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of fed­er­al law. Reid has two death-penal­ty cas­es. This war­rant was issued in his sec­ond Philadelphia death sen­tence.#

12

TN

Olen E. Hutchison

Died on death row, October 19, 2014 

12

MO

Kimber Edwards

No rea­son giv­en for stay.

12

TX

Derrick Charles

Executed

14

OH

Gregory Lott

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.

June

3

TX

Lester Bower

Executed

5

PA

Hubert Michael

Reprieve issued on June 3, 2015 by Governor Tom Wolf pend­ing com­ple­tion of report of the Pennsylvania Task Force and Advisory Commission on Capital Punishment and adop­tion of leg­isla­tive reforms to Pennsylvania’s death penal­ty.#

9

MO

Richard Strong

Executed

17

TX

Gregory Russeau

Executed

18

AL

Robin Myers

Stayed to allow time for the U.S. Supreme Court to decide on a case chal­leng­ing lethal injection protocols.

23

TN

Charles Wright

Stayed to allow more time for appeals regard­ing the state’s execution method.

July

14

MO

David Zink

Executed

15

OH

William Henness

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.

16

TX

Clifton Williams

Stayed by the Texas Ct. of Criminal Appeals after attor­neys point­ed to pos­si­ble errors in FBI tes­ti­mo­ny about DNA from the case.

August

11

PA

Jakeem Towles

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas on July 7, 2015 to per­mit Towles to pur­sue state post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

12

TX

Daniel Lopez

Executed (vol­un­teer)

13

TX

Tracy Beatty

Stayed by the Texas Ct. of Criminal Appeals after attor­neys point­ed to ear­li­er ineffective representation.

18

TN

David Miller

Stayed pend­ing the out­come of legal chal­lenges to both of the state’s execution methods.

26

TX

Bernardo Tercero

Stayed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to allow time for further appeals.

27

PA

Maurice Patterson

Legally pre­ma­ture death wear­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Lycoming County Court of Common Pleas to per­mit Patterson to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state law.#

28

PA

Hector Morales

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on August 12, 2015 to per­mit Morales to pur­sue post-con­vic­tion and habeas cor­pus appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of state and fed­er­al law.#

September

1

MO

Roderick Nunley

Executed

2

TX

Joe Garza

Stayed by tri­al court judge to allow for DNA testing.

3

PA

Herbert Blakeney

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stayed by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on July 21, 2015 to per­mit Blakeney to pur­sue habeas cor­pus appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of fed­er­al law.#

16

OK

Richard Glossip

Stayed to allow time for the court to review mate­ri­als sub­mit­ted by the defense.

17

OH

William Montgomery

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.

18

PA

Rasheed Simpson

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on August 20, 2015 to per­mit Simpson to pur­sue habeas cor­pus appeals avail­able to all defen­dants as a mat­ter of fed­er­al law.#

29

TX

Perry Williams

Stayed to allow a fed­er­al judge time to appoint an appel­late lawyer in the case.

30

OK

Richard Glossip

Reprieve: stayed by the gov­er­nor until Nov. 6 due to mix­up in execution drugs

30

GA

Kelly Gissendaner

Executed

October

1

VA

Alfredo Prieto

Executed

5

TN

Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman

Stayed pend­ing the out­come of legal chal­lenges to both of the state’s execution methods.

7

OK

Benjamin Cole

Stayed pend­ing review of OK lethal injection procedures.†

7

TX

Juan Garcia

Executed

14

TX

Licho Escamilla

Executed

19

PA

Michael Ballard

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Reprieve issued on October 7, 2015 by Governor Tom Wolf pend­ing com­ple­tion of report of the Pennsylvania Task Force and Advisory Commission on Capital Punishment and adop­tion of leg­isla­tive reforms to Pennsylvania’s death penal­ty.#

21

AR

Bruce Earl Ward

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

21

AR

Dan William Davis

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

28

OK

John Grant

Stayed pend­ing review of OK lethal injection procedures.†

28

TX

Christopher Wilkins

Stayed at the request of the proso­cu­tion because the Texas Forensic Science Commission ​“is in the process of address­ing emerg­ing issues involv­ing the cal­cu­la­tion of DNA pop­u­la­tion sta­tis­tics and DNA mixture interpretation.”

29

FL

Jerry Correll

Executed

November

3

AR

Terrick Terrell Nooner

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

3

AR

Stacey Eugene Johnson

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

3

TX

Julius Murphy

Stayed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to allow time for further appeals.

3

MO

Ernest Lee Johnson

Stayed by U.S. Supreme Court pend­ing review of claim that Missouri lethal injec­tion pro­ce­dures uncon­sti­tu­tion­al as applied to a per­son with Johnson’s par­tic­u­lar medical condition 

6

OK

Richard Glossip

Stayed pend­ing review of OK lethal injection procedures.†

17

OH

Robert Van Hook

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.

17

TN

Nicholas Sutton

Stayed pend­ing the out­come of legal chal­lenges to both of the state’s execution methods.

18

TX

Raphael Holiday

Stayed (sub­ject to appeal) to give Holiday oppor­tu­ni­ty to seek clemen­cy. Stay lift­ed on appeal. Executed as originally scheduled.

19

GA

Marcus Johnson

Executed

December

9

GA

Brian Keith Terrell

Executed after mid­night on 12/​9 after nurse took more than 1 hr. to find vein for IV. Execution had been sched­uled for 12/​8.

14

AR

Marcel Wayne Williams

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

14

AR

Jack Harold Jones Jr

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

18

PA

Antayne Robinson

Reprieve issued on June 3, 2015 by Governor Tom Wolf pend­ing com­ple­tion of report of the Pennsylvania Task Force and Advisory Commission on Capital Punishment and adop­tion of leg­isla­tive reforms to Pennsylvania’s death penal­ty.#