Executions and Stays 2017

83 exe­cu­tion dates were sched­uled in 12 states.
23 exe­cu­tions were car­ried out in 8 states.
40 exe­cu­tions were stayed by courts.
3 exe­cu­tions were halt­ed by reprieves by governors.
1 exe­cu­tion was halt­ed by commutation.
1 failed exe­cu­tion was halt­ed when exe­cu­tion per­son­nel were unable to set an IV line.
15 exe­cu­tions were rescheduled.

Background on Arkansas April 2017 Executions

Date of Scheduled ExecutionStatePrisonerOutcome
January
11OHAnthony KirklandStay grant­ed by Ohio Supreme Court on October 16, 2014 ​“pend­ing dis­po­si­tion of avail­able state reme­dies .… It is fur­ther ordered that this stay shall remain in effect until exhaus­tion of all state post-con­vic­tion pro­ceed­ings, includ­ing any appeals.”
11TXChristopher WilkinsExecuted.
12OHJames HannaReprieve grant­ed by Gov. John Kasich because Ohio did not have execution drugs.^^
12OHRonald PhillipsStay grant­ed by mag­is­trate judge in U.S. District Court on December 19, 2016 to per­mit lit­i­ga­tion of chal­lenge to Ohio lethal injec­tion pro­to­col; on December 21, 2016, Gov. John Kasich then resched­uled exe­cu­tion for February 15, 2017.
18VARicky Jovan GrayExecuted.
23ORGary HaugenReprieve in place. Former Gov. John Kitzhaber imposed a mora­to­ri­um on all exe­cu­tions in Oregon, which Gov. Kate Brown kept in place. Gov. Brown has request­ed a report on the sta­tus of the death penal­ty and indi­cat­ed the report will inform future policy decisions.
25TXKosoul ChanthakoummaneDate resched­uled to July 19, 2017.
26TXTerry Darnell EdwardsExecuted.
31MOMark ChristesonExecuted.
January 20179 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 4 states4 exe­cu­tions; 2 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by stays of exe­cu­tion; 2 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by reprieves; 1 execution rescheduled
February
2TXJohn RamirezStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court on January 31, 2017 to per­mit new coun­sel to file a peti­tion seek­ing clemen­cy for Ramirez. On February 1, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied the Texas Attorney General’s motion to vacate the District Court’s stay order.
7TXTilon Lashon CarterStay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on February 3, 2017 on a 5 – 4 vote. The Court ruled that Texas had failed to time­ly serve the death war­rant upon the Texas Office of Capital and Forensic Writs.
15OHRonald PhillipsStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court mag­is­trate judge on January 26, 2017 as part of pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion order declar­ing Ohio’s exe­cu­tion pro­to­col uncon­sti­tu­tion­al. Then resched­uled for May 10, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
19OHRaymond TibbettsStay grant­ed by mag­is­trate judge in U.S. District Court on December 19, 2016 to per­mit lit­i­ga­tion of chal­lenge to Ohio lethal injec­tion pro­to­col; on December 21, 2016, Gov. John Kasich then resched­uled exe­cu­tion for April 12, 2017.
February 20174 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 2 states4 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by stays of execution
March
2PAWayne SmithLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed January 25, 2017 by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to per­mit Smith to pur­sue state and fed­er­al post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
3PARichard PoplawskiLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed February 17, 2017 by the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas to per­mit Poplawski to pur­sue state post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
4PAAric WoodardLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed February 9, 2017 by the York County Court of Common Pleas to per­mit Woodard to pur­sue state post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
6PAPatrick HaneyLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed February 8, 2017 by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to per­mit Haney to pur­sue state and fed­er­al post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
7TXRolando RuizExecuted.
14TXJames BigbyExecuted.
15OHGary OtteStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court mag­is­trate judge on January 26, 2017 as part of pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion order declar­ing Ohio’s exe­cu­tion pro­to­col uncon­sti­tu­tion­al. Then resched­uled for June 13, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
22OHJeremiah JacksonStay grant­ed by Ohio Supreme Court until exhaus­tion of all state post-conviction proceedings.
March 20178 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 3 states2 exe­cu­tions; 6 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by stays of execution
April
12OHRaymond TibbettsStay grant­ed by U.S. District Court mag­is­trate judge on January 26, 2017 as part of pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion order declar­ing Ohio’s exe­cu­tion pro­to­col uncon­sti­tu­tion­al. Then resched­uled for July 26, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
12TXPaul StoreyStay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to per­mit Storey to lit­i­gate sev­er­al claims that pros­e­cu­tors vio­lat­ed his right to due process by pre­sent­ing false evi­dence and sup­press­ing mit­i­gat­ing evi­dence in his case.
17ARBruce WardStay grant­ed on April 14 by the Arkansas Supreme Court to per­mit coun­sel to lit­i­gate whether Ward is men­tal­ly com­pe­tent to be exe­cut­ed. Temporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 14 by Pulaski County court in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny bar­ring Arkansas from using vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in sched­uled exe­cu­tion. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.
17ARDon DavisTemporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 14 by Pulaski County court in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny bar­ring Arkansas from using vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in sched­uled exe­cu­tion. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.

Stay grant­ed by the Arkansas Supreme Court on April 17 pend­ing deci­sion by the United States Supreme Court in McWilliams v. Dunn on ques­tions con­cern­ing the right to an inde­pen­dent men­tal health expert that may affect the res­o­lu­tion of sim­i­lar issues in Davis’s case.
17OHGlen BatesPremature death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Ohio Supreme Court on January 13, 2017 to per­mit Bates to pur­sue his right to a direct appeal of his con­vic­tion and death sentence.
20ARStacey JohnsonTemporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 14 by Pulaski County court in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny bar­ring Arkansas from using vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in sched­uled exe­cu­tion. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.

Stay issued April 19 by Arkansas Supreme Court to allow hear­ing on post­con­vic­tion DNA testing.
20ARLedell LeeTemporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 14 by Pulaski County court in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny bar­ring Arkansas from using vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in sched­uled exe­cu­tion. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.

Temporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 19 by 6th Judicial Court to pre­vent use of vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.

Executed.
21SCBobby Wayne StoneLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. 90-day stay of exe­cu­tion grant­ed on April 10, 2017 by the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina to per­mit the court to con­sid­er Stone’s motion to appoint coun­sel to rep­re­sent him in habeas cor­pus pro­ceed­ings to which he was enti­tled to review as a mat­ter of federal law.
24ARJack JonesTemporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 14 by Pulaski County court in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny bar­ring Arkansas from using vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in sched­uled exe­cu­tion. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.

Temporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 19 by 6th Judicial Court to pre­vent use of vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.

Executed.
24ARMarcel WilliamsTemporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 14 by Pulaski County court in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny bar­ring Arkansas from using vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in sched­uled exe­cu­tion. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.

Temporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 19 by 6th Judicial Court to pre­vent use of vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.

Executed.
25VAIvan TeleguzDeath sen­tence com­mut­ed by Gov. Terry McAuliffe on April 20, 2017 to life in prison, with no chance of parole.
27ARKenneth WilliamsTemporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 14 by Pulaski County court in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny bar­ring Arkansas from using vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in sched­uled exe­cu­tion. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.
Temporary restrain­ing order grant­ed on April 19 by 6th Judicial Court to pre­vent use of vecuro­ni­um bro­mide in lit­i­ga­tion brought by phar­ma­ceu­ti­cal com­pa­ny. Restraining order lift­ed by Arkansas Supreme Court.

Executed.
27ARJason McGeheePreliminary inunc­tion grant­ed by U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas stay­ing McGehee’s exe­cu­tion until Arkansas Parole Board com­plies with 30-day peri­od for pub­lic com­ment on its 6 – 1 rec­om­men­da­tion for clemen­cy and Gov. Asa Hutchinson decides whether to issue clemency.
April 201713 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 5 states4 exe­cu­tions; 8 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by stays of exe­cu­tion; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by commutation
May
10OHAlva Campbell, Jr.Rescheduled for September 13, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
10OHRonald R. PhillipsRescheduled for July 26, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
16TXTilon CarterStay grant­ed on May 12 by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to per­mit the court to con­sid­er claim that new evi­dence shows that Carter’s con­vic­tion was a prod­uct of sci­en­tif­i­cal­ly erro­neous and false foren­sic tes­ti­mo­ny that the vic­tim had been smothered.
17OHDonald KettererStay grant­ed by Ohio Supreme Court until exhaus­tion of all state post-conviction proceedings.
17GAJ.W. Ledford Jr.Executed
24TXJuan CastilloRescheduled for September 7, 2017.
26ALThomas ArthurExecuted. Scheduled for May 25, 2017, a tem­po­rary stay of exe­cu­tion was grant­ed by Circuit Justice Clarence Thomas so U.S. Supreme Court could con­sid­er peti­tions con­cern­ing denial of access to coun­sel dur­ing the exe­cu­tion and to records relat­ed to the exe­cu­tion of Ronald Smith. After Court denied cer­tio­rari on these claims, Alabama began the exe­cu­tion at 11:45 p.m., just pri­or to the state-law man­dat­ed mid­night expi­ra­tion of its death war­rant. Athur was pro­nounced dead at 12:15 a.m. om May 26.
May 20177 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 4 states2 exe­cu­tions; 2 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by stays of exe­cu­tion; 3 executions rescheduled
June
8ALRobert MelsonStay grant­ed on June 2, 2017 by the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit to per­mit the court to con­sid­er a joint appeal by five Alabama death-row pris­on­ers of a dis­trict court order deny­ing their chal­lenge to Alabama’s exe­cu­tion pro­to­col. Briefing in that appeal will not be com­plete until June 28, 20 days after the exe­cu­tion date. The court said decid­ing the issue for Melson while he is under war­rant ​“would, in effect, tele­graph the out­come of Melson’s coap­pel­lants’ appeals, and that would be untenable.”

On June 6, 2017 the stay was vacat­ed by the United States Supreme Court.

Executed.
13OHWilliam MontgomeryRescheduled for October 18, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
13OHGary OtteRescheduled for September 13, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
28TXSteven LongRescheduled for August 30, 2017
June 20174 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 3 states1 exe­cu­tion; 3 executions rescheduled
July
6VAWilliam Charles MorvaExecuted
19OHMark PickensStay grant­ed by Ohio Supreme Court until exhaus­tion of all state post-conviction proceedings.
19TXKosoul ChanthakoummaneStay grant­ed by Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on June 7, 2017, to review claims of dis­cred­it­ed forensic science.
20OHMichael MadisonPremature death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the Ohio Supreme Court on May 16, 2017 to per­mit Madison to pur­sue his right to a direct appeal of his con­vic­tion and death sentence.
26OHRobert Van HookRescheduled for November 15, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
26OHRaymond TibbettsRescheduled for October 18, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
26OHRonald R. PhillipsExecuted
27TXTaiChin PreyorExecuted
July 20178 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 3 states3 exe­cu­tions; 3 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by stays of exe­cu­tion; 2 executions rescheduled
August
15PAOmar Shariff CashLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed June 28, 2017 by U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to per­mit Cash to pur­sue state and fed­er­al post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
22MOMarcellus WilliamsGubernatorial stay (reprieve) grant­ed by Governor Eric Greitens on August 22, 2017. The Governor appoint­ed a Gubernatorial Board of Inquiry to fur­ther con­sid­er Marcellus Williams’ request for executive clemency.
24FLMark AsayExecuted
30TXSteven LongStay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on August 21, 2017 to per­mit Long to re-lit­i­gate his claim of intel­lec­tu­al dis­abil­i­ty under Moore v. Texas. The Texas courts had pre­vi­ous­ly denied his claim, apply­ing the ​“Briseno fac­tors” that were declared uncon­sti­tu­tion­al in Moore
August 20174 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 4 states1 exe­cu­tions; 2 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by judi­cial stays of exe­cu­tion; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve
September
7TXJuan CastilloStay grant­ed by the Bexar County District Court on August 30, 2017 in response to the Bexar County District Attorney’s motion to with­draw Juan Castillo’s exe­cu­tion date. The request was made after Governor Abbott declared a state of dis­as­ter for 30 Texas coun­ties because of Hurricane Harvey. The court also issued an order set­ting a new exe­cu­tion date for December 14, 2017.
13OHJeffrey A. WogenstahlStay grant­ed by Ohio Supreme Court May 4, 2016 on motion to vacate exe­cu­tion date and to reopen direct appeal. Rescheduled for April 17, 2019 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
13OHAlva Campbell, Jr.Rescheduled for November 15, 2017 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
13OHGary OtteExecuted
26GAKeith TharpeStay grant­ed by the U.S. Supreme Court on September 26, 2017 ​“pend­ing the dis­po­si­tion of [Tharpe’s] peti­tion for a writ of cer­tio­rari” seek­ing review of a deci­sion by the 11th Circuit deny­ing him an appeal of his habeas cor­pus claim that his death sen­tence was uncon­sti­tu­tion­al­ly taint­ed by the par­tic­i­pa­tion of a racial­ly biased juror.
September 20175 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 3 states1 exe­cu­tion; 3 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by stays of exe­cu­tion; 1 execution rescheduled
October
5ALJeffrey BordenInjunction grant­ed under the All Writs Act by U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on September 29 stay­ing Borden’s exe­cu­tion through October 29, 2017 to per­mit ongo­ing civ­il rights chal­lenge to Alabama’s exe­cu­tion pro­to­col. Injunction vacat­ed by U.S. Supreme Court, with 3 jus­tices dis­sent­ing, on October 4. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on October 5 after find­ing a ​“sub­stan­tial like­li­hood of suc­cess” on the mer­its of the civ­il rights challenge.
5FLMichael LambrixExecuted
12TXRobert PruettExecuted
16NVScott Raymond DozierRescheduled for week of November 13 by Clark County District Court.
18OHMelvin BonnellRescheduled for April 11, 2018 by Gov. John Kasich on February 10, 2017.*
18OHWilliam MontgomeryRescheduled for January 3, 2018 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
18OHRaymond TibbettsRescheduled for February 13, 2018 by Gov. John Kasich on September 1, 2017.^
18TXAnthony Shore90-day stay of exe­cu­tion grant­ed by Harris County tri­al court to per­mit pros­e­cu­tors to inves­ti­gate claim that Shore was col­lud­ing with anoth­er death-row pris­on­er to con­fess to the mur­der in that case. Execution resched­uled for January 18, 2018.
19ALTorrey McNabbU.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on September 29, 2017 denied motion for stay of exe­cu­tion for tech­ni­cal rea­sons, with­out prej­u­dice to his first seek­ing an injunc­tion against his exe­cu­tion in the District Court. The Circuit Court order set forth the fac­tors the District Court must con­sid­er and indi­cat­ed that McNabb would be enti­tled to a stay.

Executed
26TXClinton Lee YoungStay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on October 18, 2017 and evi­den­tiary hear­ing ordered on Young’s claim that new­ly dis­cov­ered evi­dence (gun­shot residue on the gloves of the pros­e­cu­tion’s key wit­ness and affi­davits of four pris­on­ers that this wit­ness had bragged about com­mit­ting the killing and fram­ing Young) shows that his con­vic­tion and sen­tence were obtained with false or perjured testimony.
October 201710 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 5 states3 exe­cu­tions; 3 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by stays of exe­cu­tion; 4 executions rescheduled
November
8FLPatrick C. HannonExecuted
8TXRuben Cardenas RamirezViolation of Vienna Convention right to con­sular noti­fi­ca­tion. In 2004, the Organization of American States’ Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued ​“pre­cau­tion­ary mea­sures” against exe­cut­ing Cardenas with­out a judi­cial deter­mi­na­tion of the impact of the Vienna Convention vio­la­tion in his case and in 2008 deter­mined that Cardenas was enti­tled to a new tri­al. He has received no review of his treaty claim in the Texas state or fed­er­al courts.

Executed
9ARJack GreeneStay grant­ed by the Arkansas Supreme Court on November 7, 2017 on peti­tion rais­ing issue relat­ed to Arkansas pro­ce­dures for deter­min­ing com­pe­ten­cy to be executed.
14NVScott Raymond DozierStay grant­ed by the Clark County District Court on November 9, 2017 to per­mit the pros­e­cu­tion to appeal its rul­ing bar­ring the use of a par­a­lyt­ic drug in Nevada’s execution protocol.
15OHRobert Van HookRescheduled for February 13, 2018 by Gov. John Kasich on May 1, 2017.**
15OHAlva Campbell, Jr.Reprieve issued by Gov. John Kasich on November 15, 2017 after per­son­nel of the Ohio Department of Corrections failed four times to find a suit­able vein to insert an intra­venous execution line.
16TXLarry SwearingenStay grant­ed on October 27, 2017 by tri­al court because of clerk’s error in serv­ing notice of execution.
17PAJunius BurnoLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on October 2, 2017 to per­mit Burno to pur­sue state and fed­er­al post-con­vic­tion chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
November 20178 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 6 states2 exe­cu­tions; 4 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by stays of exe­cu­tion; 1 failed exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled
December
1SCBobby Wayne StoneLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. The death war­rant was issued before Stone had been pro­vid­ed habeas cor­pus review to which he is enti­tled as a mat­ter of fed­er­al law. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina on November 21, 2017 to per­mit Stone to pur­sue fed­er­al habeas review of his con­vic­tion and death sentence.
14TXJuan CastilloStay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on November 28, 2017 and case remand­ed to the Bexar County District Court for res­o­lu­tion of Castillo’s claim that his con­vic­tion and sen­tence were obtained with false or per­jured tes­ti­mo­ny from a prison informant.
29PAMichael PruittLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on December 4, 2017 to per­mit Pruitt to pur­sue fed­er­al habeas cor­pus chal­lenges to his con­vic­tion and sen­tence that are avail­able to all criminal defendants.
December 20173 exe­cu­tions sched­uled in 3 states3 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by stays of execution

* On February 10, 2017 Governor John R. Kasich issued a state­ment revis­ing the sched­ule for eight upcom­ing exe­cu­tions. This revised sched­ule was in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s denial of a motion to stay enforce­ment, pend­ing appeal, of a fed­er­al mag­is­trate judge’s order declar­ing Ohio’s exe­cu­tion procedures unconstitutional.

** On May 1, 2017 Governor Kasich issued anoth­er state­ment revis­ing the sched­ule for nine upcom­ing exe­cu­tions. This revised sched­ule was in response to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit’s order set­ting a brief­ing sched­ule for the Court’s en banc rehear­ing of the state’s appeal of a fed­er­al mag­is­trate judge’s order issu­ing a pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion bar­ring Ohio from car­ry­ing out 3‑drug exe­cu­tions using mida­zo­lam or any exe­cu­tion using a par­a­lyt­ic agent or potassium chloride.

^ On September 1, 2017, Ohio’s Governor Kasich issued a state­ment and an updat­ed exe­cu­tion sched­ule, which changed the exe­cu­tion dates for 19 of 26 con­demned pris­on­ers who had sched­uled dates between September 2017 and September 2020. The exe­cu­tion sched­ule for these 26 pris­on­ers now extends through April 2022. 

^^ On October 19, 2015 the Ohio Department of Corrections issued a state­ment that Governor 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 pris­on­ers who have vol­un­tar­i­ly waived their nor­mal appeals (not nec­es­sar­i­ly that they have vol­un­teered for execution).

2017 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Month
MonthScheduled ExecutionsExecutionsStayed by CourtsCommutationsReprievesFailed ExecutionsExecution Date Rescheduled
Total83234013115
January9420201
February4040000
March8260000
April13481000
May7220003
June4100003
July8330002
August4120100
September5130001
October10330004
November8240011
December3030000
2017 Death Warrant Outcomes by State
StateScheduled ExecutionsExecutionsStayed by CourtsCommutationsReprievesFailed ExecutionsExecution Date Rescheduled
TOTALS83234013115
Ohio2721201111
Texas217110003
Arkansas9450000
Pennsylvania7070000
Alabama4310000
Florida3300000
Virginia3201000
Georgia2110000
Missouri2100100
South Carolina2020000
Nevada2010001
Oregon1000100