Executions and Stays 2025

(Last updated March 20, 2025)

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28 execution dates have been scheduled by 9 states for 2025.
10 executions have been carried out.
7 death warrants are inactive.*
11 death warrants are active.^

Definitions of Death Warrant Outcomes

The fol­low­ing table lists the def­i­n­i­tions for the out­comes of death war­rants which are dis­played on the Outcomes of Death Warrants in 2025 tableau. Each out­come describes the cur­rent sta­tus of the defendant’s death war­rant. The main cat­e­gories for the out­comes of death war­rants are Active, Inactive, and Executed. On the 2025 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Date of Scheduled Execution table, the main cat­e­gories, Active, Inactive, and Executed are dis­played in the Outcome col­umn; rel­e­vant details of the pro­ce­dur­al his­to­ry are not­ed in the Events column.

OutcomeDefinition
Active The death war­rant for the defen­dant has been issued and an exe­cu­tion date has been set. 
InactiveThe defen­dant will not be exe­cut­ed on the sched­uled execution date. 
ExecutedThe defen­dant was exe­cut­ed by the state or juris­dic­tion in which they were serv­ing a death sentence. 

2025 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Date of Scheduled Execution

Date of Scheduled ExecutionStatePrisonerOutcomeEvents
January 22, 2025OHSean CarterInactiveRESCHEDULED (the new date of exe­cu­tion is November 17, 2027).
January 31, 2025SCMarion BowmanExecutedEXECUTED on January 31, 2025.
February 5, 2025TXSteven NelsonExecutedEXECUTED on February 5, 2025.
February 6, 2025ALDemetrius FrazierExecutedEXECUTED on February 6, 2025.
February 13, 2025FLJames FordExecutedEXECUTED on February 14, 2025.
February 13, 2025TXRichard TablerExecutedEXECUTED on February 14, 2025.
March 7, 2025SCBrad Keith SigmonExecutedEXECUTED on March 7, 2025.
March 13, 2025TXDavid L. WoodInactiveSTAYED by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on March 11, 2025.
March 17, 2025LA Christopher SepulvadoActiveDied ​“from nat­ur­al caus­es as a result of com­pli­ca­tions aris­ing from his pre-exist­ing med­ical con­di­tions” on February 22, 2025.
March 18, 2025LAJessie HoffmanExecuted

EXECUTED on March 18, 2025, mark­ing the state’s first exe­cu­tion in 15 years.


Stayed by the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, on March 11, 2025. On March 14, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit lift­ed the stay.

March 19, 2025AZAaron GunchesExecutedEXECUTED on March 19, 2025.
March 19, 2025LALarry RoyInactiveDate with­drawn.
March 20, 2025OKWendell GrissomExecutedEXECUTED on March 20, 2025.
March 20, 2025FLEdward Thomas JamesExecutedEXECUTED on March 20, 2025.
April 8, 2025FLMichael TanziActive
April 11, 2025SCMikal MahdiActive
April 23, 2025TXMoises Sandoval MendozaActive
April 24, 2025ALJames OsgoodActive
May 20, 2025TXMatthew JohnsonActive
May 22, 2025TNOscar SmithActive
June 18, 2025OHPercy Hutton InactiveRESCHEDULED (the new date of exe­cu­tion is June 21, 2028).
July 30, 2025OHSamuel MorelandInactiveRESCHEDULED (the new date of exe­cu­tion is July 19, 2028).
August 5, 2025TNByron BlackActive
September 24, 2025TNDonnie MiddlebrooksActive
September 24, 2025OHDouglas ColeyInactiveRESCHEDULED (the new date of exe­cu­tion is August 15, 2028).
October 30, 2025OHTimothy ColemanActive
December 10, 2025OHKareem M. JacksonActive
December 11, 2025TNHarold NicholsActive

2025 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Month

MonthScheduled ExecutionsExecutionsInactive Death WarrantsActive Death Warrants
January2110
February4400
March8530
April4004
May2002
June1010
July1010
August1001
September2011
October1001
November0000
December2002
Total2810711

2025 Death Warrant Outcomes by Jurisdiction

StateScheduled ExecutionsExecutionsInactive Death WarrantsActive Death Warrants
Alabama2101
Arizona1100
Florida3201
Louisiana3120
Ohio6042
Oklahoma1100
South Carolina3201
Tennessee4004
Texas5212
Total2810711