Executions

Upcoming Executions

Last updated on February 25, 2021

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

Executions Scheduled for 2021

Brad Sigmon — STAYED

Month	State	Prisoner
January
12	Federal	Lisa Montgomery — EXECUTED on January 13
13	OH	Cleveland Jackson — REPRIEVED
14	Federal	Corey Johnson — EXECUTED
15	Federal	Dustin Higgs — EXECUTED on January 16
20	OH	Dawud E. Spaulding — Legally Premature Warrant STAYED
21	TX	Blaine Milam — STAYED
February
4	TN	Oscar Franklin Smith — STAYED
10	TX	Edward Busby — STAYED
11	AL	Willie B. Smith III — INJUNCTION GRANTED
12	SC	Brad Sigmon — EXECUTION DATE VACATED
18	OH	James O’Neal — REPRIEVED
March
4	TX	Ramiro Ibarra — STAYED
18	OH	Melvin Bonnell — REPRIEVED
24	OH	Steven E. Cepec — DATE REMOVED
April
8	TN	Byron Black — STAYED
20	TX	Ramiro Gonzales
21	OH	Elwood Jones — REPRIEVED
May
19	TX	Quintin Jones
27	OH	Gregory Lott — REPRIEVED
June
23	OH	Archie Dixon — REPRIEVED
30	TX	John Hummel
August
11	OH	Timothy Hoffner
September
8	TX	John Ramirez
15	OH	John Stumpf
October
20	OH	James Frazier — DIED ON DEATH ROW
December
9	OH	Lawrence Landrum

Executions Scheduled for 2022

Month	State	Prisoner
January
12	OH	Warren “Keith” Henness
February
16	OH	Stanley Adams
March
16	OH	Romell Broom — DIED ON DEATH ROW
April
21	OH	John Drummond
May
18	OH	John Hanna
June
22	OH	Percy Hutton
July
20	OH	Austin Myers — DATE REMOVED
20	OH	Douglas Coley
August
24	OH	Cedric Carter
September
14	OH	James Tench
15	OH	Kareem Jackson

Executions Scheduled for 2023

Month	State	Prisoner
January
12	OH	Antonio Franklin
February
15	OH	Stanley Fitzpatrick
March
None
April
19	OH	David Sneed
May
None
June
15	OH	Cleveland Jackson
July
None
August
16	OH	James O’Neal
September
None
October
18	OH	Melvin Bonnell
November
None
December
6	OH	Elwood Jones

Executions Scheduled for 2024

Month	State	Prisoner
January
None
February
15	OH	Gregory Lott
March
None
April
17	OH	Archie Dixon
May
None
June
None
July
None
August
None
September
None
October
None
November
None
December
None

Stays of Execution 2021

Date of Scheduled Execution	State	Prisoner	Reason for Stay
January
12	Federal	Lisa Montgomery	EXECUTION DATE VACATED by U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on December 24, 2020 because the new execution date was set while a stay of execution was in effect, in violation of the terms of federal execution regulations. On January 1, 2021, a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit vacated the district court’s order, and full court denied reargument. STAYED by U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on January 11, 2021 pending “highly expedited initial hearing en banc of Montgomery’s appeal to resolve our circuit law on the important question of the meaning of ‘implementation of death in the manner prescribed by the law of the State in which the sentence is imposed,’ under the Federal Death Penalty Act, 18 U.S.C. § 3596(a).” (Subject to appeal) STAYED by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana on January 11, 2021 to permit consideration of Montgomery’s claim that she is mentally incompetent to be executed. STAY VACATED by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit on January 12. STAYED by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit on January 12, 2021 to permit appeal on whether the execution notice violated the terms of the trial court’s sentencing order. Stay VACATED by the U.S. Supreme Court near midnight on January 12. EXECUTED January 13, 2021.
13	OH	Cleveland Jackson	REPRIEVED
15	Federal	Dustin Higgs	EXECUTION NOTICE INVALIDATED by U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland on December 29, 2020. Original sentencing order requires execution per Maryland procedures, while execution set for Indiana. Court says its lacks authority to modify the sentencing order. (The Department of Justice filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on December 31.) Stay vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court near midnight on January 15. EXECUTED January 16, 2021
20	OH	Dawud E. Spaulding	Legally Premature Warrant STAYED by the Ohio Supreme Court on March 2, 2017 “pending disposition of available state remedies.”
21	TX	Blaine Milam	STAYED by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on January 15, 2021 and remanded to the trial court for consideration of Milam’s claim that he is ineligible for the death penalty because of intellectual disability.
February
4	TN	Oscar Smith	STAY GRANTED by the Tennessee Supreme Court on January 6, 2021 as a result of COVID-19 concerns.
10	TX	Edward Busby	STAY GRANTED by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on February 3, 2021 and remanded to the trial court for consideration of Busby’s claim that he is ineligible for the death penalty because of intellectual disability.
11	AL	Willie B. Smith III	Stay granted by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on February 10, 2021 until February 16 to provide the court time to consider a claim Smith raised under the Americans With Disabilities Act. Stay vacated by the U.S. Supreme Court close to midnight Eastern time on February 11, 2021. PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION GRANTED by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit on February 10, 2021 based on Smith’s claim that Alabama’s refusal to permit his pastor in the execution chamber violates federal religious discrimination law. Application to vacate the injunction DENIED by the U.S. Supreme Court close to midnight Eastern time on February 11, 2021.
12	SC	Brad Sigmon	EXECUTION DATE VACATED by the South Carolina Supreme Court on February 4, 2021 on the grounds that “the execution is currently impossible” because the Department of Corrections “will not be able to obtain the required drugs prior to the scheduled date of execution.”
18	OH	James O’Neal	REPRIEVED
March
4	TX	Ramiro Ibarra	STAY GRANTED by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on February 24, 2021 and remanded to the trial court for consideration of Ibarra’s claims that he is ineligible for the death penalty because of intellectual disability and that new DNA science shows that the evidence used to convict him was unreliable.
18	OH	Melvin Bonnell	REPRIEVED
24	OH	Steven E. Cepec	DATE REMOVED
April
8	TN	Byron Black	STAYED
21	OH	Elwood Jones	Reprieve granted by Gov. Mike DeWine on December 18, 2020, and execution rescheduled for December 6, 2023.
May
27	OH	Gregory Lott	Reprieve granted by Gov. Mike DeWine on December 18, 2020, and execution rescheduled for February 15, 2024.
June
23	OH	Archie Dixon	Reprieve granted by Gov. Mike DeWine on December 18, 2020, and execution rescheduled for April 17, 2024.
July
None
August
None
September
None
October
20	OH	James Frazier	Died on death row of COVID-19 on November 19, 2020.
November
None
December
None