Stays of Execution in 2019

9

OH

Elwood Jones

Rescheduled for April 21, 2021 by Gov. John Kasich on September 1, 2017.^

15

TX

Blaine Milam

Stay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on January 14, 2019 to per­mit lit­i­ga­tion of suc­ces­sive state post-con­vic­tion peti­tion rais­ing new evi­dence claims, “[b]ecause of recent changes in the sci­ence per­tain­ing to bite mark com­par­isons and recent changes in the law per­tain­ing to the issue of intellectual disability.”

13

OH

James Hanna

Rescheduled for December 19, 2019 by Gov. John Kasich on September 1, 2017.^

13

OH

Warren Keith Henness

Reprieve grant­ed on January 25, 2019 by Gov. Mike DeWine, and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for September 12, 2019.

8

PA

Timothy M. Jacoby

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. Stay grant­ed by the York County Court of Common Pleas on February 8, 2019 to per­mit Jacoby to pur­sue state post-con­vic­tion appeals that are avail­able to all Pennsylvania pris­on­ers as a mat­ter of right.

20

OH

Archie Dixon

Rescheduled for June 23, 2021 by Gov. John Kasich on September 1, 2017.^

28

TX

Patrick Murphy

Stay grant­ed by the U.S. Supreme Court on March 28, 2019 ​“pend­ing the time­ly fil­ing and dis­po­si­tion of a peti­tion for a writ of cer­tio­rari unless the State per­mits Murphy’s Buddhist spir­i­tu­al advi­sor or anoth­er Buddhist rev­erend of the State’s choos­ing to accom­pa­ny Murphy in the exe­cu­tion cham­ber dur­ing the execution.”

11

TX

Mark Robertson

Stay grant­ed by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on April 8, 2019 ​“pend­ing fur­ther order from this Court” on whether to recon­sid­er the issues pre­sent­ed in his 1997 state habeas corpus petition.

11

AL

Christopher Price

Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Alabama on April 11 as part of pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion against Alabama exe­cu­tion pro­to­col. New stay grant­ed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11^th Circuit to con­sid­er juris­dic­tion­al issues pre­sent­ed by the District Court stay. By a post-mid­night 5 – 4 vote, the U.S. Supreme Court vacat­ed the stay, but it was still in effect when the state’s cor­rec­tions depart­ment called off the exe­cu­tion because the death war­rant was about to expire.

17

OH

Jeffrey A. Wogenstahl

Stay grant­ed by the Ohio Supreme Court on October 24, 2018 pend­ing ​“exhaus­tion of all state post-con­vic­tion pro­ceed­ings, includ­ing any appeals.”

2

TX

Dexter Johnson

Stay grant­ed by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas on April 30, 2019 to pro­vide recent­ly appoint­ed habeas cor­pus coun­sel 90 days to devel­op a series of claims relat­ing to the alleged inef­fec­tive rep­re­sen­ta­tion pro­vid­ed by prior counsel.

29

OH

Timothy Hoffner

Rescheduled for August 11, 2021 by Gov. John Kasich on September 1, 2017.^

5

OH

Alva Campbell

Died on March 3, 2018

7

GA

Tiffany Moss

Legally pre­ma­ture death war­rant was stayed as a mat­ter of law when Moss’ lawyers filed a motion for new tri­al in the trial court.

10

OH

Kareen M. Jackson

Reprieve grant­ed by Gov. Mike DeWine on March 7, 2019 and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for January 16, 2020.⁺

14

OH

Gregory Lott

Reprieve grant­ed by Gov. Mike DeWine on March 7, 2019 and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for March 12, 2020.⁺

18

OH

Douglas Coley

Rescheduled for August 12, 2020 by Gov. John Kasich on September 1, 2017.^

17

OH

James Frazier

Rescheduled for October 20, 2021 by Gov. John Kasich on September 1, 2017.^

Preliminary injunc­tion grant­ed on November 21, 2019 by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia based on a deter­mi­na­tion that the fed­er­al exe­cu­tion pro­to­col announced in July 2019 vio­lates the fed­er­al death penal­ty statute. Motion to vacate injunc­tion denied on December 2 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Application to vacate injunc­tion denied on December 6 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Stay grant­ed on December 5, 2019 by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana to per­mit lit­i­ga­tion of a claim that fed­er­al pros­e­cu­tors with­held excul­pa­to­ry evi­dence and pre­sent­ed false argu­ment exag­ger­at­ing Lee’s involve­ment in a pri­or mur­der. Stay vacat­ed on December 6 by U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Stay grant­ed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on October 4, 2019 pend­ing res­o­lu­tion of an appeal for which a cer­tifi­cate of appeal­a­bil­i­ty had already been grant­ed pri­or to the issuance of the death warrant.

Preliminary injunc­tion grant­ed on November 21, 2019 by the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia based on a deter­mi­na­tion that the fed­er­al exe­cu­tion pro­to­col announced in July 2019 vio­lates the fed­er­al death penal­ty statute. Motion to vacate injunc­tion denied on December 2 by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Application to vacate injunc­tion denied on December 6 by the U.S. Supreme Court.