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Upcoming Executions

Posted: January 02, 2003
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Last updated on November 3, 2009
(Please note that these dates are only tentative. Dates are subject to change due to stays and appeals.)
EXECUTIONS SCHEDULED FOR 2009

For Information on Stays of Executions, click here. 

November    
4 FL Paul Beasley Johnson-Stayed
5 TX Khristian Oliver
10 OH Darryl Durr - Stayed
10 TX Yosvanis Valle
10 VA John Allen Muhammad
17 TX Gerald Eldridge
18 TX Danielle Simpson - Volunteer
19 TX Robert Thompson
December    
2 TN Cecil Johnson Jr.
3 TX Bobby Woods
8 OH Kenneth Biros - Stayed
9 TN Devin Banks - Stay Likely
11 IN Eric Wrinkles

 

EXECUTIONS SCHEDULED FOR 2010
 January    
 7  OH Abdullah Sharif Kaazim Mahdi (f/k/a Vernon Lamont Smith)
12 TX Gary Johnson
14 OK Julius Young
February    
 4
  OH  Mark Brown
24
 TX Hank Skinner
March    
30
 TX Franklin Alix
May    
13 OH Michael Beuke
19 TN Marlon Duane Kiser
June    
10 OH Richard Nields

STAYS OF EXECUTIONS 2009

Date of  Scheduled  Execution

January    

                                          
Reason for Stay
15
  TX Jose  Briseno Trial judge granted motion for stay to allow time for pen-pal to visit and thank Mr. Briseno for the impact he has had in her life. Execution date rescheduled for 4/7/09.
 27  TX Larry Swearingen The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit granted stay of execution. There is an issue of possible innocence in Mr. Swearingen's case, stemming from new forensic evidence indicating that he was in police custody at the time of the victim's death. The stay was allowed to grant further review of his second habeas petition by the District Court.

March

      
2 OH Bennie Adams Stay granted to allow normal appeals process to continue.
2 OK Victor Miller Stay granted to allow normal appeals process to continue.
13 WA Cal Coburn Brown Stay due to pending court review of lethal injection procedure.
19 AL Phillip Hallford Stay of execution granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Halford had a March 31 hearing scheduled on a lethal injection challenge in federal court.
20 WA Dwayne Woods Stay granted by U.S. District Court of Eastern Washington to allow time to file federal appeals.
26 PA Ronald Puksar Granted by federal court to allow time for further appeals.

April

      
 1 PA Richard Boxley *To allow time to file federal appeals
 7 OH Brett Hartmann Pending U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the right to DNA testing.
7 TX Jose Garcia Briseno Stay granted by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to consider whether the jury was able to give proper weight to Mr. Briseno's mitigating evidence.
May      
13 FL John Richard Marek To allow time for new oral arguments for May 20.
27 FL David Eugene Johnston To allow time for DNA testing
June      
17 MO Reginald Clemons To allow a challenge to the Missouri lethal injection procedure.
July
      
14 VA Paul Powell Granted by U.S. Sup. Ct. without explanation- Powell has raised claims of double jeopardy
23 TX Roderick Newton To reexamine the testimony of Newton's co-defendant and also to determine if Newton is mentally retarded
August
      
20 TX David Wood To determine if Wood is mentally retarded
September
      
15 OH Romell Broom Unable to find suitable veins for lethal injection; execution first stayed for one week.  New date unknown.
22 PA Noel Matos Montalvo *To allow further appeals.
24 PA Donald Mitchell Tedford *To allow further appeals
24 TX Kenneth Mosley US Supreme Court stopped execution until it can decide a related Alabama case.
30 TX John Balentine The US Court of Appeals for the 5th Cir. stayed the execution to review whether lower courts had properly resolved Balentine's appeals.
October
      
5 VA Larry Elliot Stayed by governor to allow more time to consider clemency petition.  Elliot has claimed innocence.
8 OH Lawrence Reynolds, Jr. Pending the November 30 hearing on the botched execution of Romell Broom.
22 PA Christopher Kennedy *To allow further appeals
November
      
4 FL Paul Beasley Johnson Stayed by Florida Supreme Court because ordinary appeals had not been exhausted.  Johnson is challenging  possible prosecutorial misconduct.
10 OH Darryl Durr Pending the November 30 hearing on the botched execution of Romell Broom.
December
   
8 OH Kenneth Biros Stayed by federal District Court on Oct.19, 2009 pending further information about the Broom execution attempt and Ohio's new execution protocol.

 

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

*PA routinely sets execution dates before all appeals have been exhausted.

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