Executions

Execution List 2022

18 prisoners were executed

in six states in the United States in 2022.


Executions in 2022

DateNumber Since 1976StateNameAgeRaceVictim RaceMethodDrug Protocol

Years from Sentence to Execution

1/27/20221541OKDonald Grant46Black2 White FemalesLethal Injection3-drug (Midazolam)16
1/27/20221542ALMatthew Reeves44Black1 Black MaleLethal Injection3-drug (Midazolam)23
2/17/20221543OKGilbert Postelle35White3 White Males; 1 White FemaleLethal Injection3-drug (Midazolam)13
4/21/20221544TXCarl Wayne Buntion78White1 White MaleLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)31
5/3/20221545MOCarman Deck56White1 White Male; 1 White FemaleLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)23
5/11/20221546AZClarence Dixon66Native American1 White FemaleLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)14
6/8/20221547AZFrank Atwood66White1 White FemaleLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)35
7/28/20221548ALJoe Nathan James, Jr.50Black1 Black FemaleLethal Injection3-drug (Midazolam)25
8/17/20221549TXKosoul Chanthakoummane41Asian1 White FemaleLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)14
8/25/20221550OKJames Coddington50White1 White MaleLethal Injection3-drug (Midazolam)20
10/5/20221551TXJohn Henry Ramirez38Latino1 Latino MaleLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)13
10/20/20221552OKBenjamin Cole57White1 Native American FemaleLethal Injection3-drug (Midazolam)18
11/09/20221553TXTracy Beatty

61

White1 White MaleLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)18
11/16/20221554AZMurray Hooper76

Black

1 White Male; 1 White FemaleLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)40
11/16/20221555TXStephen Barbee55White1 White Male; 2 White FemalesLethal Injection1-drug (pentobarbital)16
11/17/20221556OKRichard Fairchild62White1 White MaleLethal Injection3-drug (Midazolam)26
11/29/20221557MOKevin Johnson37Black1 White MaleLethal injection1-drug (pentobarbital)14
12/14/20221558MSThomas Edwin Loden Jr.58White1 White FemaleLethal Injection3-drug (Midazolam)21

Most states carry out executions with a three-drug lethal-injection protocol. Others use a single drug. The three-drug protocol typically begins with an anesthetic or sedative, followed by a second drug to paralyze the inmate and a third drug—typically potassium chloride—to stop the prisoner’s heart. The first drug used varies by state and is listed above for each execution.

ƒ female
* volunteer - an inmate who waived ordinary appeals that remained at the time of his or her execution
~ foreign national
¥ white defendant executed for murder of black victim