Executions
Upcoming Executions
Last updated on July 28, 2022
(Dates are subject to change as a result of stays and appeals.)
Executions Scheduled for 2022
| Month | State | Prisoner |
|---|---|---|
| July | ||
| 13 | TX | Ramiro Gonzales — STAYED |
| 20 | OH | Austin Myers — DATE REMOVED |
20 | OH | Douglas Coley — REPRIEVED |
| 28 | AL | Joe Nathan James, Jr. — EXECUTED |
| August | ||
| 17 | TX | Kosoul Chanthakoummane |
| 18 | TN | Byron Black — REPRIEVED |
| 24 | OH | Cedrick Carter — REPRIEVED |
| 25 | OK | James Coddington |
| September | ||
| 14 | OH | James Tench — Legally premature death warrant. STAYED |
| 15 | OH | Kareem Jackson — REPRIEVED |
| 22 | OK | Richard Glossip |
| 22 | AL | Alan Eugene Miller |
| October | ||
| 5 | TX | John Henry Ramirez |
6 | TN | Gary Sutton — REPRIEVED |
| 17 | TN | Urshawn Miller — Legally premature death warrant — REPRIEVED |
| 20 | OK | Benjamin Cole |
| 26 | OH | Quisi Bryan — REPRIEVED |
| November | ||
| 9 | TX | Tracy Beatty |
| 17 | OK | Richard Fairchild |
| December | ||
| 8 | TN | Donald Middlebrooks — REPRIEVED |
| 15 | OK | John Hanson |
Executions Scheduled for 2023
| Month | State | Prisoner |
|---|---|---|
| January | ||
| 12 | OH | Antonio Franklin — REPRIEVED |
| 12 | OK | Scott Eizember |
February | ||
| 1 | TX | Wesley Ruiz |
| 15 | OH | Stanley Fitzpatrick — REPRIEVED |
| March | ||
| 7 | TX | Gary Green |
| 9 | OK | Jemaine Cannon |
| 15 | OH | Charles Lorraine |
| April | ||
| 6 | OK | Anthony Sanchez |
| 19 | OH | David Sneed — RESENTENCED TO LIFE under Ohio’s serious mental illness law |
| May | ||
| 4 | OK | Phillip Hancock |
| 17 | OH | Gerald Hand |
| June | ||
| 1 | OK | James Ryder |
| 15 | OH | Cleveland Jackson |
| July | ||
| 6 | OK | Michael Smith |
| 19 | OH | Michael D. Webb — DIED ON DEATH ROW |
| August | ||
| 3 | OK | Wade Lay |
| 16 | OH | James O’Neal |
| September | ||
| 14 | OH | Jerome Henderson |
| October | ||
| 5 | OK | Richard Rojem |
| 18 | OH | Melvin Bonnell |
| November | ||
| 2 | OK | Emmanuel Littlejohn |
| 16 | OH | Keith Lamar |
| December | ||
| 6 | OH | Elwood Jones |
| 7 | OK | Kevin Underwood |
Executions Scheduled for 2024
| Month | State | Prisoner |
|---|---|---|
| January | ||
10 | OH | Scott A. Group |
| 11 | OK | Wendell Grissom |
February | ||
| 8 | OK | Tremane Wood |
| 15 | OH | Gregory Lott |
| March | ||
| 7 | OK | Kendrick Simpson |
| 14 | OH | John Stojetz |
| April | ||
| 17 | OH | Archie Dixon |
| May | ||
| 2 | OK | Raymond Johnson |
| June | ||
| 6 | OK | Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez |
18 | OH | Timothy Hoffner |
| July | ||
| 11 | OK | James Pavatt |
| August | ||
| 8 | OK | Clarence Goode, Jr. |
13 | OH | John Stumpf |
| September | ||
| 5 | OK | Ronson Bush |
| October | ||
| 3 | OK | Alfred Mitchell |
15 | OH | Lawrence Landrum |
| November | ||
| None | ||
| December | ||
| 5 | OK | Marlon Harmon |
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 | ||
| 7 | OH | Quisi Bryan |
February | ||
| 11 | OH | Antonio Franklin |
| March | ||
| 12 | OH | James Trimble |
| April | ||
| 16 | OH | Stanley Fitzpatrick |
| 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 | |||
| 13 | TX | Ramiro Gonzales | STAY GRANTED by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on July 11, 2022 to permit Gonzales to litigate a claim that his death sentence was obtained through the presentation of false expert testimony concerning his alleged future dangerousness. |
| 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 |
| 26 | OH | Quisi Bryan | REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on June 24, 2022 and execution rescheduled for January 7, 2026. |
| November | |||
| None | |||
| December | |||
8 | TN | Donald Middlebrooks | REPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 2, 2022 to conduct investigation of execution protocol oversight |
Stays of Execution 2023
| Date of Scheduled Execution | State | Prisoner | Reason for Stay |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||
| 12 | OH | Antonio Franklin | REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on July 1, 2022 and execution rescheduled for February 11, 2026. |
| February | |||
| 15 | OH | Stanley Fitzpatrick | REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on July 1, 2022 and execution rescheduled for April 16, 2026. |
| March | |||
None | |||
| April | |||
19 | OH | David Sneed | RESENTENCED TO LIFE under Ohio’s serious mental illness law. |
| May | |||
| None | |||
| June | |||
| None | |||
| July | |||
| 19 | OH | Michael D. Webb | DIED ON DEATH ROW on May 2, 2022. |
| August | |||
None | |||
| September | |||
None | |||
| October | |||
| None | |||
| November | |||
| None | |||
| December | |||
None | |||