Date of Scheduled ExecutionStateInmateReason for Stay

January

17

PA

Ralph Birdsong

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

18

PA

Kenneth Hairston

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

18

OH

Charles Lorraine

U.S. District Court Judge Gregory Frost delayed the execution due to the Department of Corrections failing to “follow its own rules for executions.” Frost said the state failed to document the drugs used in its last execution in November and failed to review the medical chart of the inmate who was put to death.

19

KY

Michael St. Clair

Stayed due to a pending case on the fairness of the death penalty protocol in Kentucky.

20

DE

Robert Gattis

Gov. Jack Markell cited the “unusual and perhaps historic” recommendation of the Delaware Board of Pardons, in a 4-1 vote, to commute Gattis’ sentence after considering disturbing accounts of physical and sexual abuse that Gattis claims to have suffered as a child and which his attorneys argued have never been properly considered by the courts.

31

GA

Nicholas Tate

Stayed to allow time for appeals.

February

1

TX

Donald Newbury

Stayed by U.S. Supreme Court to consider an Arizona case that questions whether death row inmates are entitled to better legal help during initial appeals.

8

MS

Edwin Turner

U.S. District Judge Carlton Reeves stayed the execution to allow Turner to be seen by a psychiatrist of his choosing.

16

OK

Garry Allen

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin granted a 30-day stay of execution so that state attorneys could study whether he should be granted clemency. UPDATE: Allen was executed on Nov. 6.

22

OH

Michael Webb

Stayed by U.S. District Judge Gregory L. Frost, through an agreement with Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine, to allow time for Ohio to revise their execution protocols.

28

TX

Anthony Bartee

Stayed by State District Judge Mary Roman to allow time for DNA testing.

March

6

NE

Michael Ryan

Stayed by the Nebraska Supreme Court to allow time for a lower court to consider a request to have Ryan’s sentence commuted to life in prison.

8

PA

Dustin Briggs

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

16

OK

Garry Allen

Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin issued an additional 26-day stay. See Feb. 16.

18

SD

Briley Piper

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

29

AL

Tommy Arthur

Stayed by the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals due to Alabama’s decision to use pentobarbital as part of a three-drug execution combination.

April

5

UT

Michael Archuleta

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

12

AL

Carey Grayson

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

12

OK

Garry Allen

Granted stay by a federal District Court judge to give adequate opportunity to litigate claims regarding competency. See Feb. 16.

19

GA

Daniel Greene

Stayed for up to 90 days by the state Board of Pardons and Paroles to allow for additional time to examine the substance of claims offered by Greene’s representatives. Update - Greene’s sentence was commuted to a sentence of life without parole by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles.

20

DE

Shannon Johnson

Stayed by a federal judge to allow time to hear mental incompetence claims.
Update - Johnson has been executed.

26

TX

Buenka Adams

Stayed by U.S. District Judge Michael Schneider to allow time to review the quality of legal help that Adams had in early stages of his appeal. Update - Adams has been executed.

May

2

TX

Anthony Bartee

Stayed to consider a request for additional DNA testing.

9

LA

Todd Wessinger

Stayed by U.S. District Judge James Brady to allow time to review arguments presented by Wessinger’s attorneys.

13-19

SD

Eric Robert

Stayed by the South Dakota Supreme Court so the court can fully review the case. UPDATE: Robert was executed on Oct. 15.

16

TX

Steven Staley

Stayed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals due to mental health issues raised in his appeal.

16

AZ

Samuel Lopez

Stayed by the Arizona Supreme Court to allow time for issues raised by recent clemency-board appointments to be worked out.

June

6

TX

Bobby Hines

Stayed at the request of the district attorney’s office to allow further DNA testing. UPDATE: Hines was executed on Oct. 24.

6

OH

Abdul Awkal

Stayed for 2 weeks by Gov. John Kasich to allow a judge to hold a hearing on his mental competency. Update - Cuyahoga County Judge Stuart Friedman has issued a decision that Awkal may not be executed unless and until he has been restored to competency.

July

18/23

GA

Warren Hill

July 18 execution stayed until July 23 to allow time for the state to switch to a single-drug execution protocol. Update- July 23 execution stayed by unanimous vote of Georgia Supreme Court to consider state’s change of lethal injection protocol.

26

OH

John Eley

Governor John R. Kasich commuted the death sentence of John Jeffrey Eley to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Kasich stated that Eley, who is of limited mental capacity, acted under the direction of another man who was later acquitted. Without those factors it is doubtful that Eley would have committed this crime. Additionally, the former Mahoning County prosecutor who tried Eley’s case regretted the way the case was handled and its outcome, and had called for clemency.

August

1

TX

Marcus Druery

Stayed by TX Court of Criminal Appeals to consider whether a hearing is needed to determine his mental competency.

3

MO

Michael Tisius

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

15

LA

Jason Reeves

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

22

TX

John Balentine

Stayed by U.S. Supreme Court to allow time for further review.

September

9-15

SD

Rodney Berget

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

13

PA

Michael Travaglia

Stayed to allow more time to prepare a federal appeal.

October

3

PA

Terrance Williams

Trial level judge found prosecutors withheld evidence. New sentencing ordered.

9

PA

Terry Chamberlain

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

10

PA

Andre Staton

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

10

TX

Jonathan Green

Stayed by U.S. District Judge Nancy Atlas to allow review of Green’s mental competency. Update - stay has been overturned by 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Update - Green has been executed.

11

PA

David Ramtahal

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

16

FL

John Ferguson

Stayed by Gov. Scott to allow time for psychiatric testing. Execution could go forward if Ferguson found mentally competent. Update - The Florida Supreme Court granted a 2-day stay of execution so the justices can hear another appeal, the stay will expire 10/18. Update - prior stay required setting of a new execution date. Update - Execution date has been set for 10/23. Update - Execution has been stayed by the United States District Court in Miami to allow a hearing on 10/26 of his habeas corpus petition on the grounds that he is mentally incompetant to be executed. Update - Stay has been lifted by the 11th Circuit Court after Florida’s secretary of state filed an emergency order to vacate the stay, holding that the District Court abused its discretion in issuing the stay. Update - Execution has again been stayed by The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, the stay was upheld by The U.S. Supreme Court.

18

TX

Anthony Haynes

Stayed by the U.S. Supreme Court (7-2) to consider claims of inadequate representation at trial and appeal.

November

8

PA

Hubert Michael

Stayed to allow more time for appeals.

December

11

IN

Roy Ward

Stayed 90 days to allow time for appeals.

12

TX

Rigoberto Avila

Execution date has been changed to April 10, 2013. No reason has been given for the delay.

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

Pennsylvania execution dates and stays are generally not listed because the state routinely sets execution dates before all appeals have been exhausted.