Executions and Stays 2025

(Last updated May 23, 2025)

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39 execution dates have been scheduled by 11 states for 2025.
19 executions have been carried out.
10 death warrants are inactive.*
10 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 SepulvadoInactiveDied ​“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 TanziExecutedEXECUTED on April 8, 2025.
April 11, 2025SCMikal MahdiExecutedEXECUTED on April 11, 2025.
April 23, 2025TXMoises Sandoval MendozaExecutedEXECUTED on April 23, 2025.
April 24, 2025ALJames OsgoodExecutedEXECUTED on April 24, 2025.
May 1, 2025FLJeffrey HutchinsonExecutedEXECUTED on May 1, 2025.
May 15, 2025FLGlen RogersExecutedEXECUTED on May 15, 2025.
May 20, 2025TXMatthew JohnsonExecutedEXECUTED on May 20, 2025.
May 20, 2025INBenjamin RitchieExecutedEXECUTED on May 20, 2025.
May 22, 2025TNOscar SmithExecutedEXECUTED on May 22, 2025.
May 28, 2025LADarrell DraughnInactiveDate Withdrawn
June 4, 2025LAMarcus ReedInactiveDate Withdrawn
June 10, 2025ALGregory HuntActive
June 10, 2025FLAnthony WainwrightActive
June 12, 2025OKJohn HansonActive
June 13, 2025SCStephen StankoActive
June 18, 2025OHPercy Hutton InactiveRESCHEDULED (the new date of exe­cu­tion is June 21, 2028).
June 24, 2025FLThomas Lee GudinasActive
June 25, 2025MSRichard Gerald JordanActive
July 30, 2025OHSamuel MorelandInactiveRESCHEDULED (the new date of exe­cu­tion is July 19, 2028).
August 5, 2025TNByron BlackActive
September 24, 2025TNDonnie MiddlebrooksInactiveOn April 1, 2025, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee issued an order stay­ing the exe­cu­tion until 30 days after the ​“court’s judg­ment on fed­er­al collateral litigation.”
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
April4400
May6510
June8025
July1010
August1001
September2020
October1001
November0000
December2002
Total39191010

2025 Death Warrant Outcomes by Jurisdiction

StateScheduled ExecutionsExecutionsInactive Death WarrantsActive Death Warrants
Alabama3201
Arizona1100
Florida7502
Indiana1100
Louisiana5140
Mississippi1001
Ohio6042
Oklahoma2101
South Carolina4301
Tennessee4112
Texas5410
Total39191010