--- title: '2026' subtitle: 'Execution List' canonical: 'https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/executions/2026' section: listOfDefendantsExecutedByYear date: '2025-01-31T20:18:00-05:00' updated: '2026-10-08T08:55:08-04:00' source: 'Death Penalty Information Center' --- 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. ![Executions in 2026 (Choropleth map)](https://datawrapper.dwcdn.net/xkOVe/full.png) | **Date** | **Number Since 1976** | **State** | **Name** | **Age** | **Race** | **Victim Race** | **Method** | **Drug Protocol** | **Years from** **Sentence** **to Execution** | |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| | 10/7/2026 | 1684 | TX | Jamaal Howard | 46 | Black | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 1‑drug (pentobarbital) | 25 | | 9/29/2026 | 1683 | FL | Curtis Beasley | 77 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 28 | | 9/24/2026 | 1682 | TX | Ker’Sean Olajuwa Ramey | 41 | Black | 1 White Female ; 1 White Male ; 1 Latino Male | Lethal Injection | 1‑drug (pentobarbital) | 19 | | 09/18/2026 | 1681 | AL | Jeffrey Lee | 49 | Black | 1 White Male ; 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection, beginning with midazolam | 26 | | 09/17/2026 | 1680 | TX | LeJames Norman | 40 | Black | 1 White Female ; 1 White Male ; 1 Latino Male | Lethal Injection | 1‑drug (pentobarbital) | 17 | | 9/10/2026 | 1679 | FL | Daniel Owen Conahan Jr. | 72 | White | 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 29 | | 9/1/2026 | 1678 | FL | Harold Gene Lucas | 74 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 35 | | 8/18/2026 | 1677 | FL | William Frances Silvia Jr. | 61 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 17 | | 08/13/2026 | 1676 | AL | Jeremy Williams | 41 | Black | 1 half-Black, half-white Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection, beginning with midazolam | 2 | | 08/13/2026 | 1675 | TN | Anthony Darrell Hines | 66 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 1‑drug (pentobarbital) | 37 | | 08/13/2026 | 1674 | OK | Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez | 70 | Latino | 1 Latina Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with midazolam) | 19 | | 07/28/2026 | 1673 | FL | Dominick Anthony Occhicone Jr. | 80 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 38 | | 07/28/2026 | 1672 | FL | James Aren Duckett | 68 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 38 | | 07/14/2026 | 1671 | FL | Dennis Sochor | 74 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 39 | | 06/25/2026 | 1670 | FL | Dusty Ray Spencer | 74 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 30 | | 06/02/2026 | 1669 | FL | Andrew Richard Lukehart | 53 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 29 | | 05/21/2026 | 1668 | FL | Richard Knight | 47 | Black | 2 Black Females | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 19 | | 05/20/2026 | 1667 | AZ | Leroy McGill | 63 | White | 1 Latino Male | Lethal Injection | 1‑drug (pentobarbital) | 21 | | 05/14/2026 | 1666 | TX | Edward Busby | 53 | Black | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 1‑drug (pentobarbital) | 20 | | 05/14/2026 | 1665 | OK | Raymond Johnson | 52 | Black | 1 White Female; 1 Other Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with midazolam) | 16 | | 04/30/2026 | 1664 | TX | James Broadnax | 37 | Black | 2 White Males | Lethal Injection | 1‑drug (pentobarbital) | 17 | | 04/30/2026 | 1663 | FL | James Hitchcock | 70 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 30 | | 04/19/2026 | 1662 | FL | Chadwick "Khalil" Willacy | 58 | Black | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 30 | | 03/17/2026 | 1661 | FL | Michael King | 54 | White | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 16 | | 03/11/2026 | 1660 | TX | Cedric Ricks | 51 | Black | 1 Latino Male; 1 Latina Female | Lethal Injection | 1‑drug (pentobarbital) | 11 | | 03/03/2026 | 1659 | FL | Billy Leon Kearse | 53 | Black | 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 34 | | 02/24/2026 | 1658 | FL | Melvin Trotter | 65 | Black | 1 White Female | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 33 | | 02/12/2026 | 1657 | OK | Kendrick Simpson | 45 | Black | 2 Black Males | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection, beginning with midazolam | 18 | | 02/10/2026 | 1656 | FL | Ronald Palmer Heath | 64 | White | 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 3‑drug lethal injection (beginning with etomidate) | 35 | | 01/28/2026 | 1655 | TX | Charles Victor Thompson | 55 | White | 1 White Female; 1 White Male | Lethal Injection | 1‑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