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