Executions

Upcoming Executions

Last updated on May 18, 2022

(Dates are subject to change as a result of stays and appeals.)

Executions Scheduled for 2022

Month	State	Prisoner
April
21	OH	John Drummond — REPRIEVED
21	TN	Oscar Franklin Smith — REPRIEVED
21	TX	Carl Wayne Buntion — EXECUTED
27	TX	Melissa Lucio — STAYED
29	SC	Richard Moore — STAYED
May
3	MO	Carman Deck — EXECUTED
10	TN	Michael Rimmer — Legally Premature — STAYED
11	AZ	Clarence Dixon — EXECUTED
13	SC	Brad Sigmon — STAYED
17	GA	Virgil Presnell, Jr. — STAYED
18	OH	James Hanna — REPRIEVED
June
8	AZ	Frank Atwood
9	TN	Harold Nichols — REPRIEVED
22	OH	Percy Hutton — REPRIEVED
July
13	TX	Ramiro Gonzales
20	OH	Austin Myers — DATE REMOVED
20	OH	Douglas Coley — REPRIEVED
August
17	TX	Kosoul Chanthakoummane
18	TN	Byron Black — REPRIEVED
24	OH	Cedrick Carter — REPRIEVED
September
14	OH	James Tench — Legally premature death warrant. STAYED
15	OH	Kareem Jackson — REPRIEVED
October
5	TX	John Henry Ramirez — The Nueces County District Attorney’s office has filed a motion to withdraw the warrant.
6	TN	Gary Sutton — REPRIEVED
17	TN	Urshawn Miller — Legally premature death warrant — REPRIEVED
26	OH	Quisi Bryan
November
None
December
8	TN	Donald Middlebrooks — REPRIEVED

Executions Scheduled for 2023

Month	State	Prisoner
January
12	OH	Antonio Franklin
February
15	OH	Stanley Fitzpatrick
March
15	OH	Charles Lorraine
April
19	OH	David Sneed — RESENTENCED TO LIFE under Ohio’s serious mental illness law
May
17	OH	Gerald Hand
June
15	OH	Cleveland Jackson
July
19	OH	Michael D. Webb — DIED ON DEATH ROW
August
16	OH	James O’Neal
September
14	OH	Jerome Henderson
October
18	OH	Melvin Bonnell
November
16	OH	Keith Lamar
December
6	OH	Elwood Jones

Executions Scheduled for 2024

Month	State	Prisoner
January
10	OH	Scott A. Group
February
15	OH	Gregory Lott
March
14	OH	John Stojetz
April
17	OH	Archie Dixon
May
None
June
18	OH	Timothy Hoffner
July
None
August
13	OH	John Stumpf
September
None
October
15	OH	Lawrence Landrum
November
None
December
17	OH	Warren “Keith” Henness

Executions Scheduled for 2025

Month	State	Prisoner
January
22	OH	Sean Carter
February
19	OH	Stanley Adams
March
19	OH	Shawn Grate — Legally premature — STAYED
April
16	OH	John Drummond
May
14	OH	James Hanna
June
18	OH	Percy Hutton
July
30	OH	Samuel Moreland
August
27	OH	Cedrick Carter
September
24	OH	Douglas Coley
October
30	OH	Timothy Coleman
November
None
December
None

Executions Scheduled for 2026

Month	State	Prisoner
January
None
February
None
March
12	OH	James Trimble
April
None
May
None
June
None
July
None
August
None
September
None
October
None
November
None
December
None

Stays of Execution 2022

Date of Scheduled Execution	State	Prisoner	Reason for Stay
January
6	OK	Wade Lay	STAY GRANTED by the Pittsburg County District Court on December 6, 2021 until a mental competency trial is conducted “so as to ensure an incompetent person is not irreparably harmed by way of execution, in contravention of his constitutional rights.”
12	OH	Warren “Keith Henness	REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on September 10, 2021 and execution rescheduled for December 17, 2024.
27	AL	Matthew Reeves	Preliminary injunction granted by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama on January 7, 2022 barring the Alabama Department of Corrections “from executing [Reeves] by any method other than nitrogen hypoxia before his [Americans With Disabilities Act] claim can be decided on its merits.” Preliminary injunction affirmed by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on January 26, 2022. INJUNCTION VACATED by 5-4 vote of U.S. Supreme Court on January 27, 2022. EXECUTED.
February
16	OH	Stanley Adams	REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on September 10, 2021 and execution rescheduled for February 19, 2025.
March
8	TX	Michael Gonzales	STAY GRANTED by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on March 3, 2022 to permit Gonzales to litigate claims that “(1) he is intellectually disabled and cannot constitutionally be executed; (2) the State suppressed material exculpatory and impeaching information in violation of Brady v. Maryland.”
10	OK	James Allen Coddington	STAY GRANTED by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma on December 23, 2021 pursuant to joint stipulation of the parties after the order dismissing Coddington from the ongoing Oklahoma lethal-injection lawsuit was vacated and he was restored as a plaintiff in that lawsuit.
16	OH	Romell Broom	DIED ON DEATH ROW on December 28, 2020 of COVID-19.
April
21	OH	John Drummond	REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on September 10, 2021 and execution rescheduled for April 16, 2025.
21	TN	Oscar Smith	REPRIEVE granted by Governor Bill Lee minutes before the scheduled execution on April 21, 2022: “Due to an oversight in preparation for lethal injection, the scheduled execution of Oscar Smith will not move forward tonight. I am granting a temporary reprieve while we address Tennessee Department of Correction protocol. Further details will be released when available.”
27	TX	Melissa Lucio	STAY GRANTED by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on April 25, 2022 and case remanded to the trial court to conduct a hearing on Lucio’s claims that “but for the State’s use of false testimony, no juror would have convicted her; previously unavailable scientific evidence would preclude her conviction; she is actually innocent; [and] … the State suppressed favorable, material evidence in violation of Brady v. Maryland.” (claim numbers omitted)
29	SC	Richard Moore	STAYED for an indefinite period by the South Carolina Supreme Court on April 20, 2022, with as yet unreleased explanatory order to follow.
May
10	TN	Michael Rimmer	Legally premature death warrant STAYED
13	SC	Brad Sigmon	STAYED by South Carolina Supreme on April 22, 2022.
17	GA	Virgil Presnell, Jr.	STAYED by the Fulton County Superior Court on May 16, 2022 on the grounds that the execution date violated an agreement that established conditions under which executions could resume after the pandemic.
18	OH	James Hanna	REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on September 10, 2021 and execution rescheduled for May 14, 2025.
June
9	TN	Harold Nichols	REPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 2, 2022 to conduct investigation of execution protocol oversight
July
20	OH	Austin Myers	DATE REMOVED
August
18	TN	Byron Black	REPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 2, 2022 to conduct investigation of execution protocol oversight
September
14	OH	James Tench	Legally premature death warrant. STAY GRANTED by the Ohio Supreme Court on August 26, 2020 pending disposition of state postconviction remedies available to all Ohio prisoners. “The stay shall remain in effect until exhaustion of all state postconviction proceedings, including any appeals.”
15	OH	Kareem Jackson	REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on May 13, 2022 and execution rescheduled for December 10, 2025.
October
6	TN	Gary Sutton	REPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 2, 2022 to conduct investigation of execution protocol oversight
17	TN	Urshawn Miller	Legally premature death warrant. REPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 2, 2022 to conduct investigation of execution protocol oversight
November
None
December
8	TN	Donald Middlebrooks	REPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 2, 2022 to conduct investigation of execution protocol oversight