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Execution List 2026

Last Updated: October 8, 2026

This page will be updated by 12 noon (Eastern Time) each day to reflect executions that occurred in the previous 24 hours.

30 prisoners have been executed

in 6 states in the United States in 2026.

DateNumber Since 1976StateNameAgeRaceVictim RaceMethodDrug ProtocolYears from
Sentence
to Execution
10/7/20261684TXJamaal Howard46Black1 White FemaleLethal Injection1‑drug (pentobarbital)25
9/29/20261683FLCurtis Beasley77White1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)28
9/24/20261682TXKer’Sean Olajuwa Ramey41Black1 White Female ; 1 White Male ; 1 Latino MaleLethal Injection1‑drug (pentobarbital)19
09/18/20261681ALJeffrey Lee49Black1 White Male ; 1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection, beginning with midazolam26
09/17/20261680TXLeJames Norman40Black1 White Female ; 1 White Male ; 1 Latino MaleLethal Injection1‑drug (pentobarbital)17
9/10/20261679FLDaniel Owen Conahan Jr.72White1 White MaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)29
9/1/20261678FLHarold Gene Lucas74White1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)35
8/18/20261677FLWilliam Frances Silvia Jr.61White1 White FemaleLethal injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)17
08/13/20261676ALJeremy Williams41Black1 half-Black, half-white FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection, beginning with midazolam2
08/13/20261675TNAnthony Darrell Hines66White1 White FemaleLethal Injection1‑drug (pentobarbital)37
08/13/20261674OKCarlos Cuesta-Rodriguez70Latino1 Latina FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with midazolam)19
07/28/20261673FLDominick Anthony Occhicone Jr.80White1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)38
07/28/20261672FLJames Aren Duckett68White1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)38
07/14/20261671FLDennis Sochor74White1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)39
06/25/20261670FLDusty Ray Spencer74White1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)30
06/02/20261669FLAndrew Richard Lukehart53White1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)29
05/21/20261668FLRichard Knight47Black2 Black FemalesLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)19
05/20/20261667AZLeroy McGill63White1 Latino MaleLethal Injection1‑drug (pentobarbital)21
05/14/20261666TXEdward Busby53Black1 White FemaleLethal Injection1‑drug (pentobarbital)20
05/14/20261665OKRaymond Johnson52Black1 White Female; 1 Other FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with midazolam)16
04/30/20261664TXJames Broadnax37Black2 White MalesLethal Injection1‑drug (pentobarbital)17
04/30/20261663FLJames Hitchcock70White1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)30
04/19/20261662FLChadwick “Khalil” Willacy58Black1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)30
03/17/20261661FLMichael King54White1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)16
03/11/20261660TXCedric Ricks51Black1 Latino Male; 1 Latina FemaleLethal Injection1‑drug (pentobarbital)11
03/03/20261659FLBilly Leon Kearse53Black1 White MaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)34
02/24/20261658FLMelvin Trotter65Black1 White FemaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)33
02/12/20261657OKKendrick Simpson45Black2 Black MalesLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection, beginning with midazolam18
02/10/20261656FLRonald Palmer Heath64White1 White MaleLethal Injection3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate)35
01/28/20261655TXCharles Victor Thompson55White1 White Female; 1 White MaleLethal Injection1‑drug (pentobarbital)20

Some 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 prisoner 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 — a prisoner who waived ordinary appeals that remained at the time of his or her execution
~ foreign national
¥ white defendant executed for murder of black victim