Executions and Stays 2022


55 execution dates were scheduled by 12 states for 2022.
There were 18 executions by 6 states.
13 executions were stayed.
No executions were halted by commutation.
18 executions were halted by reprieve.
1 warrant was withdrawn/​removed/​vacated/​rescheduled.
2 failed executions were halted when execution personnel were unable to set IV lines.
2 death warrants expired without the execution being attempted.
1 prisoner died on death row while his warrant was pending.


Date of Scheduled Execution State Prisoner Outcome
January
6OKWade Greenly LaySTAY 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

OKDonald Anthony Grant

EXECUTED

27ALMatthew ReevesPreliminary 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. The U.S. Supreme Court vot­ed 5 – 4 on January 27, 2022 to vacate the injunc­tion, Justices Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan, and Barrett dissenting.

EXECUTED
JANUARY 20224 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 3 states2 peo­ple exe­cut­ed; 1 exe­cu­tion stayed ; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve
February

16

OHStanley AdamsREPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on September 10, 2021 and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for December 17, 2024.

17

OK

Gilbert Ray PostelleEXECUTED
FEBRUARY 20222 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 2 states1 per­son exe­cut­ed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve
March

8

TXMichael GonzalesSTAY 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.”
10OKJames 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.
15PAKenneth HairstonLegally pre­ma­ture death warrant.


STAY GRANTED by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on February 14, 2022 ​“pend­ing com­ple­tion of these habeas cor­pus pro­ceed­ings, or until fur­ther Order of Court.”

16

OHRomell BroomDIED ON DEATH ROW on December 28, 2020 of COVID-19.
MARCH 20224 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 4 states3 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 per­son died on death row
April
21OHJohn Drummond
REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on September 10, 2021 and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for April 16, 2025.
21TNOscar Franklin SmithREPRIEVE 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.”
21TXCarl Wayne BuntionEXECUTED
27TXMelissa LucioSTAY 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)
28SCRichard MooreSTAYED for an indef­i­nite peri­od by the South Carolina Supreme Court on April 20, 2022, with as yet unre­leased explana­to­ry order to follow.
APRIL 20225 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 4 states1 per­son exe­cut­ed; 2 exe­cu­tions stayed; 2 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by reprieve
May
3MOCarman DeckEXECUTED
10TNMichael RimmerPremature death war­rant. STAYED to per­mit him to seek post-con­vic­tion review of his con­vic­tion and death sen­tence avail­able as a mat­ter of right to all Tennessee defendants.
11AZClarence DixonEXECUTED
13SCBrad SigmonSTAYED by the South Carolina Supreme Court on April 22, 2022.
17GAVirgil 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 HannaREPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on September 10, 2021 and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for May 14, 2025.
27PARobert FlorLegally pre­ma­ture death warrant. 


STAY GRANTED by the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania on April 11, 2022 to per­mit Flor to pur­sue habeas cor­pus reme­dies avail­able as a mat­ter of right to all state court prisoners.
MAY 20227 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 7 states2 peo­ple exe­cut­ed; 4 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve
June
8AZFrank AtwoodEXECUTED

9

TNHarold NicholsREPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 2, 2022 to con­duct inves­ti­ga­tion of exe­cu­tion protocol oversight.

22

OHPercy HuttonREPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on February 18, 2022 and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for June 18, 2025
JUNE 20223 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 3 states

1 per­son exe­cut­ed; 2 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by reprieve

July
17TXRamiro GonzalesSTAY 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 MyersDATE REMOVED
20OHDouglas ColeyREPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on February 18, 2022 and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for September 24, 2025
22PAMelvin KnightLegally pre­ma­ture death warrant.


STAY GRANTED by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on July 14, 2022 ​“pend­ing com­ple­tion of these habeas cor­pus pro­ceed­ings or until fur­ther order of this court.”
28ALJoe Nathan JamesEXECUTED
JULY 20225 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 4 states1 exe­cu­tion; 2 exe­cu­tions stayed; 1 exe­cu­tion halt­ed by reprieve; 1 exe­cu­tion date removed
August
17

TX

Kosoul ChanthakoummaneEXECUTED
18TNByron BlackREPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 2, 2022 to con­duct inves­ti­ga­tion of exe­cu­tion protocol oversight.
24OHCedric CarterREPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on February 18, 2022 and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for August 27, 2025
25OKJames CoddingtonEXECUTED
AUGUST 20224 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 4 states2 exe­cu­tions; 2 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by reprieve
September
14OHJames 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.”

15OHKareem JacksonREPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on May 13, 2022 and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for December 10, 2025.
22OKRichard GlossipREPRIEVED by Governor Kevin Stitt on August 16, 2022. Stayed for 60 days with new exe­cu­tion date for 30 days lat­er, December 8, 2022, to pro­vide the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals time to deter­mine whether Glossip will be grant­ed an evi­den­tiary hear­ing to address new evi­dence of his innocence.
22ALAlan Eugene MillerEXECUTION HALTED by Department of Corrections Commissioner John Hamm short­ly before mid­night (Central Time) on September 22, 2022 when the exe­cu­tion team report­ed that it would not be able to set an IV line before the death warrant expired. 

The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama had issued a pre­lim­i­nary injunc­tion on September 19, 2022 enjoin­ing Alabama ​“from exe­cut­ing Alan Eugene Miller by any method oth­er than nitro­gen hypox­ia.” On the after­noon of September 22, 2022, a pan­el of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit by a 2 – 1 vote denied the motion to stay injunc­tion filed by the state attor­ney gen­er­al. At about 9:15 p.m. Central time, the Supreme Court VACATED THE INJUNCTION with­out opin­ion by a 5 – 4 vote, leav­ingg Alabama approx­i­mate­ly 2½ hours to car­ry out the exe­cu­tion before the warrant expired.
SEPTEMBER 20224 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 3 states1 exe­cu­tion stayed; 1 failed exe­cu­tion; 2 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by reprieve
October
5TXJohn Henry RamirezMotion by the Nueces County District Attorney’s office to with­draw the war­rant denied by the tri­al court and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. EXECUTED
6

TN

Gary SuttonREPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 2, 2022 to con­duct inves­ti­ga­tion of exe­cu­tion protocol oversight.
17TNUrshawn MillerLegally pre­ma­ture death war­rant. REPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 12, 2022 until December 31, 2022.
20OKBenjamin ColeEXECUTED
26OHQuisi BryanREPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on June 24, 2022 and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for January 7, 2026.
OCTOBER 20225 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 4 states2 exe­cu­tions; 3 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by reprieve
November
9

TX

Tracy BeattyEXECUTED
16TXStephen BarbeeEXECUTED
16AZMurray Hooper

EXECUTED

17OKRichard FairchildEXECUTED
17ALKenneth Smith

EXECUTION HALTED short­ly before mid­night (Central Time) on November 17, 2022 when the exe­cu­tion team report­ed that it would not be able to set an IV line before the death warrant expired.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit grant­ed Smith a stay of exe­cu­tion on November 17, 2022 as a result of Smith’s chal­lenge to Alabama’s exe­cu­tion pro­to­col. The United States Supreme Court vacat­ed the stay. 

29MOKevin JohnsonEXECUTED
NOVEMBER 20226 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 4 states5 exe­cu­tions; 1 failed execution
December
8

TN

Donald MiddlebrooksREPRIEVED by Governor Bill Lee on May 2, 2022 to con­duct inves­ti­ga­tion of exe­cu­tion protocol oversight.
8

OK

Richard GlossipREPRIEVED by Governor Kevin Stitt on November 3, 2022 ​“to allow time for the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals to address pend­ing legal pro­ceed­ings,” and exe­cu­tion resched­uled for February 16, 2023.
14MSThomas Edwin Loden Jr.EXECUTED
15OKJohn HansonOklahoma sched­uled John Hanson’s exe­cu­tion while he was in fed­er­al cus­tody, with­out first obtain­ing agree­ment his cus­tody would be trans­ferred. The Federal Bureau of Prisons sub­se­quent­ly denied Oklahoma’s demand to trans­fer cus­tody pri­or to com­ple­tion of Hanson’s fed­er­al sen­tence. Oklahoma has post­poned Hanson’s clemen­cy hear­ing, a pre­req­ui­site to his exe­cu­tion, which caused his exe­cu­tion war­rant to expire.
15

ID

Gerald PizzutoThe Idaho Department of Corrections announced on November 30, 2022 that it had been unable to obtain the lethal injec­tion drugs nec­es­sary to car­ry out the exe­cu­tion and that it would allow the death war­rant to expire.
29PAJohn LeskoREPRIEVED by Governor Tom Wolf on December 9, 2022.
DECEMBER 20226 exe­cu­tions sched­uled by 5 states1 exe­cu­tion; 3 exe­cu­tions halt­ed by reprieve; 2 war­rants expired with­out an exe­cu­tion being attempted

† On February 19, 2019, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine stat­ed that the state would not car­ry out any exe­cu­tions until it devised a new exe­cu­tion pro­to­col that was approved by the courts. However, he did not for­mal­ly halt the exe­cu­tions sched­uled in the state. In December 2020, he indi­cat­ed that he did not con­sid­er lethal injec­tion a viable execution method.

2022 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Month
Month
Scheduled
Executions
Executions
Stayed by Courts*
Commutations
Reprieves
Died on
Death Row
Date Removed or
Warrant Withdrawn/​
Vacated/​Expired
Failed
Execution
Total

55

18

13

0

18

1

3

2

January

4

2

1

0

1

0

0

0

February

2

1

0

0

1

0

0

0

March

4

0

3

0

0

1

0

0

April

5

1

2

0

2

0

0

0

May

7

2

4

0

1

0

0

0

June

3

1

0

0

2

0
0
0
July

5

1

2

0
1
0
1

0

August

4

2

0
0

2

0
0

0

September

4

0

1
0

2

0

0
1
October

5

2

0

0
3

0

0

0

November

6

5

0
0
0
0
0

1

December

6

1

0
0

3

0
2
0
2022 Death Warrant Outcomes by Jurisdiction
State
Scheduled
Executions
Executions
Stayed by Courts*
Commutations
Reprieves
Died on
Death Row
Date Removed or
Warrant Withdrawn/​
Vacated/​Expired
Failed
Execution
TOTALS

55

18

13

0

17

1

3

2

Ohio
12
0

1

0

9

1
1
0
Oklahoma

10

5

2
0

2

0
1
0
Texas
8

5

3
0
0
0
0
0
Tennessee
7
0
1
0
6
0
0
0
Alabama
4
2
0
0
0
0
0

2

Pennsylvania
4
4
3
0
1
0
0
0
Arizona
3

3

0
0
0
0
0
0
Missouri
2

2

0
0
0
0
0
0
South Carolina
2
0
2
0
0
0
0
0
Mississippi
1
1
0
0
0
0
0
0
Georgia
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Idaho
1

0

0
0
0
0
1
0