Upcoming Executions

Last updated on May 16, 2013
(Dates are subject to change due to stays and appeals.)

Executions Scheduled for 2013
Stays of Execution 2013
Executions Carried Out in 2013


Executions Scheduled for 2014
Executions Scheduled for 2015


Executions Scheduled for 2013


Month State Inmate
May    
7 MS Willie Manning - Stayed
21 TX Robert Pruett - Stayed
28 FL Elmer Carroll
June    
12 TX Elroy Chester
12 FL William Poyck
18 OK James DeRosa
24 FL Marshall Gore
25 OK Brian Davis
26 TX Kimberly McCarthy
July    
10 TX Rigoberto Avila
16 TX John Quintanilla
18 TX Vaughn Ross
31 TX Douglas Feldman
August    
7 OH Billy Slagle
18-24 CO Nathan Dunlap
September    
19 TX Robert Garza
25 OH Harry Mitts
26 TX Arturo Diaz
November    
14 OH Ronald Phillips

Executions Scheduled for 2014


Month State Inmate
January    
16 OH Dennis McGuire
March    
19 OH Gregory Lott
May    
28 OH Arthur Tyler
August    
4 OH William Montgomery
October    
15 OH Raymond Tibbetts

Executions Scheduled for 2015


Month State Inmate
March    
12 OH Robert Van Hook
May    
14 OH Jeffrey Wogenstahl
July    
15 OH Alva Campbell

Stays of Execution 2013


Date of  Scheduled Execution  State  Inmate Reason for Stay
January      
8 PA Mark Spotz Stayed to allow time for appeals.
16 OH Ronald Post Commuted to a sentence of life without parole.
29 TX Kimberly McCarthy Stayed until 4/3/2013 after attorneys raised claims of racial bias.
February      
13 LA Christopher Sepulvado Stayed due to issues with lethal injection protocol in the state of Louisiana.
19 GA Warren Hill Stayed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit to examine the issue of Hill's mental retardation.
20 TX Britt Ripkowski Stayed by a district court which found the defendant legally incompetent.
21 GA Andrew Cook Stayed on lethal injection grounds by the Georgia Court of Appeals.  Update - Stay was lifted and Cook was executed as scheduled.
26 FL Augustus Howell Stayed to allow time for appeals.
27 TX Larry Swearingen Stayed to allow time for DNA testing.
March      
5 PA Freeman May Stayed to allow time for appeals.
6 PA Orlando Maisonet Stayed to allow time for appeals.
6 AZ Edward Schad Stayed by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to allow time for appeals.
7 PA Abraham Sanchez Stayed to allow time for appeals.
21 TX Michael Gonzales Stayed to allow time for appeals.
April      
3 TX Kimberly McCarthy Stayed due to proposed legislation that would address racial discrimination in the death penalty.
10 TX Rigoberto Avila Stayed by 41st District Judge Anna Perez who ruled additional time is necessary to allow Avila's defense attorneys to explore possible new evidence of Avila's innocence.
21 PA Borgela Philistin Stayed to allow time for appeals.
24 TX Elroy Chester Stayed to allow time to clarify legal issues.
25 PA Michael Travaglia Stayed to allow time for appeals.
May      
7 MS Willie Manning Stayed by Mississippi Supreme Court to allow further review of the case.
21 TX Robert Pruett 60-day stay to allow for DNA testing.

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

Return to Executions. See also Stays of Execution 2012 and Stays of Execution 2011.