stay of executions january-august 2013

Stays of Execution 2013

 

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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/SR3/2013 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.
August
18-24	CO	Nathan Dunlap	Gov. John Hickenlooper issued an executive order granting a temporary reprieve.

 

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

 

 

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