Executions and Stays 2023
(Last updated March 16, 2023)
45 execution dates have been scheduled by 7 states for 2023.
To date, there have been 9 executions.
2 executions have been stayed.*
No executions have been halted by commutation.
6 executions have been halted by reprieve.
9 warrants have been withdrawn/removed/vacated/rescheduled.*
2 prisoners have died on death row while their warrants were pending.
1 prisoner was resentenced to life without parole.
16 death warrants are pending.^
* Does not include cases with orders halting executions that are currently under appeal or are still subject to appeal.
^ Includes cases with orders halting executions that are under appeal or are still subject to appeal.
| Date of Scheduled Execution | State | Prisoner | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | |||
| 3 | MO | Amber McLaughlin (death warrant issued under the name Scott McLaughlin) | EXECUTED |
| 10 | TX | Robert Fratta | Preliminary injunction issued by the Tarrant County District Court on January 10, 2023 directing Texas “to desist and refrain from administering or injecting [Fratta] with Pentobarbital unless that Pentobarbital is within the number of days specified in the Storage Conditions since the date of its compounding by a pharmacy licensed to compound it.” Writ of mandamus issued by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on January 10, 2023 vacating the preliminary injunction. EXECUTED |
| 12 | OH | Antonio Franklin |
REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on July 1, 2022 and execution rescheduled for February 11, 2026. |
12 | OK | Scott Eizember | EXECUTED |
| JANUARY 2023 | 4 executions scheduled by 4 states | 3 executions; 1 execution halted by reprieve | |
| February | |||
1 | TX | Wesley Ruiz | Preliminary injunction issued by the Tarrant County District Court on January 10, 2023 directing Texas “to desist and refrain from administering or injecting [Ruiz] with Pentobarbital unless that Pentobarbital is within the number of days specified in the Storage Conditions since the date of its compounding by a pharmacy licensed to compound it.” Writ of mandamus issued by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on January 10, 2023 vacating the preliminary injunction. EXECUTED |
| 7 | MO | Leonard Taylor | EXECUTED |
8 | TX | John Balentine | Preliminary injunction issued by the Tarrant County District Court on January 10, 2023 directing Texas “to desist and refrain from administering or injecting [Ballentine] with Pentobarbital unless that Pentobarbital is within the number of days specified in the Storage Conditions since the date of its compounding by a pharmacy licensed to compound it.” Writ of mandamus issued by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on January 10, 2023 vacating the preliminary injunction. Warrant Withdrawn by the Potter County District Court on January 31, 2023. Warrant reinstated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on February 8, 2023. EXECUTED |
| 15 | OH | Stanley Fitzpatrick | REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on July 1, 2022 and execution rescheduled for April 16, 2026. |
| 16 | OK | Richard Glossip | RESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for May 18, 2023. |
| 23 | FL | Donald Dillbeck | EXECUTED |
| FEBRUARY 2023 | 6 executions scheduled by 5 states | 4 executions; 1 execution halted by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled | |
| March | |||
7 | TX | Gary Green | EXECUTED |
| 7 | PA | John Eichinger | REPRIEVED by Governor Tom Wolf on January 11, 2023. |
| 9 | OK | Jemaine Cannon | RESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for May 18, 2023. |
| 9 | TX | Arthur Brown | Preliminary injunction issued by the Tarrant County District Court on January 10, 2023 directing Texas “to desist and refrain from administering or injecting [Brown] with Pentobarbital unless that Pentobarbital is within the number of days specified in the Storage Conditions since the date of its compounding by a pharmacy licensed to compound it.” Writ of mandamus issued by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on January 10, 2023 vacating the preliminary injunction. EXECUTED |
15 | OH | Charles Lorraine | REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on November 10, 2022. Execution rescheduled for May 13, 2026. |
| 23 | ID | Gerald Pizzuto, Jr. | STAYED by the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho on March 9, 2023 “pending the Court’s final adjudication of [his] Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus.” |
| 29 | TX | Anibal Canales, Jr. | WARRANT WITHDRAWN by the Bowie County District Court on March 16, 2023 to permit counsel for Mr. Canales to “seek further discovery from other law enforcement entities and continue Mr. Canales’s investigation” in support of a subsequent state habeas corpus petition. |
| MARCH 2023 | 7 executions scheduled by 5 states | 2 executions; 1 execution stayed; 2 executions halted by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled | |
| April | |||
| 3 | PA | Rahmael Sal Holt | Legally premature death warrant. STAYED by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania on February 14, 2023 “pending completion of these habeas corpus proceedings or until further Order of this Court.” |
| 5 | TX | Andre Thomas | WARRANT WITHDRAWN by the Grayson County District Court on March 7, 2023. |
| 6 | OK | Anthony Sanchez | RESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for September 21, 2023. |
| 6 | AZ | Aaron Gunches | Technically pending, although Governor Katie Hobbs has indicated the warrant is permissive, not mandatory, and will not be carried out. |
| 12 | FL | Louis Bernard Gaskin | Pending |
| 19 | OH | David Sneed | RESENTENCED TO LIFE on January 31, 2022 under Ohio’s serious mental illness law |
| 26 | TX | Ivan Cantu | Pending |
| APRIL 2023 | 7 executions scheduled by 6 states | 1 person resentenced to life; 1 execution stayed; 1 execution rescheduled; 1 warrant withdrawn; 3 warrants pending | |
| May | |||
| 4 | OK | Phillip Hancock | RESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for November 30, 2023. |
| 17 | OH | Gerald Hand | REPRIEVED on November 10, 2022 by Governor Mike DeWine. Execution rescheduled for June 17, 2026. |
| 18 | OK | Richard Glossip | Pending |
| MAY 2023 | 3 executions scheduled by 2 states | 1 execution halted by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled; 1 warrant pending | |
| June | |||
| 1 | OK | James Ryder | RESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for February 1, 2024. |
| 6 | MO | Michael Tisius | Pending |
15 | OH | Cleveland Jackson | REPRIEVED on November 10, 2022 by Governor Mike DeWine. Execution rescheduled for July 15, 2026. |
| JUNE 2023 | 3 executions scheduled by 3 states | 1 execution halted by reprieve; 1 execution rescheduled; 1 warrant pending | |
| July | |||
| 6 | OK | Michael Smith | RESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for April 4, 2024. |
| 19 | OH | Michael D. Webb | DIED ON DEATH ROW on May 2, 2022. |
| 20 | OK | Jermaine Cannon | Pending |
| JULY 2023 | 3 executions scheduled by 2 states | 1 prisoner died on death row; 1 warrant pending | |
| August | |||
| 3 | OK | Wade Lay | RESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for June 6, 2024. |
| 16 | OH | James O’Neal | Pending |
| AUGUST 2023 | 2 executions scheduled by 2 states | 1 execution rescheduled; 1 warrant pending | |
| September | |||
| 13 | TX | Henry Skinner | DIED ON DEATH ROW on February 16, 2023 of complications following surgery to remove a brain tumor. |
| 14 | OH | Jerome Henderson | Pending |
| 21 | OK | Anthony Sanchez | Pending |
| SEPTEMBER 2023 | 3 executions scheduled by 3 states | 1 prisoner died on death row; 2 warrants pending | |
| October | |||
| 5 | OK | Richard Rojem | Pending |
| 18 | OH | Melvin Bonnell | Pending |
| OCTOBER 2023 | 2 executions scheduled by 2 states | 2 warrants pending | |
| November | |||
| 2 | OK | Emmanuel Littlejohn | Pending |
| 16 | OH | Keith Lamar | Pending |
| 30 | OK | Phillip Hancock | Pending |
| NOVEMBER 2023 | 3 executions scheduled by 2 states | 3 warrants pending | |
| December | |||
| 6 | OH | Elwood Jones | Pending |
| 7 | OK | Kevin Underwood | Pending |
| DECEMBER 2023 | 2 executions scheduled by 2 states | 2 warrants pending | |
| 2023 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Month | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Scheduled Executions | Executions | Stayed by Courts* | Commutations | Reprieves | Died on Death Row | Resentenced to Life | Rescheduled | Date Removed or Warrant Withdrawn/ Vacated* | Pending |
| January | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| February | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| March | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| April | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| May | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| June | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| July | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| August | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| September | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| October | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| November | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| December | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Total | 45 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
| 2023 Death Warrant Outcomes by Jurisdiction | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| State | Scheduled Executions | Executions | Stayed by Courts* | Commutations | Reprieves | Died on Death Row | Resentenced to life | Rescheduled | Date Removed or Warrant Withdrawn/ Vacated* | Pending |
| Oklahoma | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Ohio | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Texas | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| Missouri | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Pennsylvania | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Florida | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Arizona | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Idaho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| TOTALS | 45 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 16 |
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