List of people scheduled to be executed in the United States

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This is a list of people scheduled to be executed in the United States.

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Summary of scheduled executions

As of September 11,2024, a total of 38 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over four calendar years in seven U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 12 pending motions to set an execution date across five states. [3]

YearExecutions
2024 11
2025 9
2026 9
2027 9
Total38
StateExecutions
Ohio 25
Texas 5
Alabama 3
Missouri 2
Indiana 1
Oklahoma 1
South Carolina 1
Total38
StatePending Motions
South Carolina 5
Texas 3
Mississippi 2
Arizona 1
Utah 1
Total12

List of people scheduled to be executed

2024

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1September 20, 2024 Freddie Eugene Owens 461927MaleBlack South Carolina Lethal injection Profile:
2September 24, 2024Travis James Mullis382117White Texas Profile:
3 Marcellus Scott Williams 552926Black Missouri Profile:
4September 26, 2024 Emmanuel Antonia Littlejohn 522032 Oklahoma Profile:
5 Alan Eugene Miller 593425White Alabama Nitrogen hypoxia Profile:
6October 1, 2024 Garcia Glen White 612635BlackTexasLethal injectionProfile:
7October 17, 2024Robert Leslie Roberson III573522WhiteProfile:
8 Derrick Ryan Dearman 36279AlabamaProfile:
9November 21, 2024 Carey Dale Grayson 501931Nitrogen hypoxia
10December 3, 2024Christopher Leroy Collings493217MissouriLethal injectionProfile:
11December 18, 2024Joseph Edward Corcoran2227 Indiana Profile:

2025

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1February 5, 2025Steven Lawayne Nelson372413MaleBlack Texas Lethal injection Profile:
2March 13, 2025 David Leonard Wood 672938WhiteProfile:
3April 16, 2025John E. Drummond472522Black Ohio To be determined Profile:
4May 14, 2025James Galen Hanna754827WhiteProfile:
5June 18, 2025Percy Hutton713239BlackProfile:
6July 30, 2025Samuel Moreland3140Profile:
7September 24, 2025Douglas Lamont Coley502129Profile:
8October 30, 2025Timothy L. Coleman562630Profile:
9December 10, 2025Kareem M. Jackson512328Profile:

2026

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 7, 2026 Quisi Bryan 552926MaleBlack Ohio To be determined Profile:
2February 11, 2026Antonio Sanchez Franklin471829Profile:
3March 12, 2026James Earl Trimble654421WhiteProfile:
4June 17, 2026Gerald Robert Hand775225Profile:
5July 15, 2026Cleveland Ramon Jackson4823BlackProfile:
6July 22, 2026Danny Lee Hill591841Profile:
7August 19, 2026James Derrick O'Neal723933Profile:
8October 21, 2026Jerome Henderson672641Profile:
9November 18, 2026Melvin D. Bonnell Jr.693039WhiteProfile:

2027

No.Date of executionNameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
At executionAt offenseAge difference
1January 13, 2027 Keith LaMar 572334MaleBlack Ohio To be determined Profile:
2February 17, 2027Scott A. Group623230WhiteProfile:
3April 14, 2027Gregory Lott652540BlackProfile:
4May 19, 2027John Stojetz714031WhiteProfile:
5June 16, 2027Archie J. Dixon542034Profile:
6July 14, 2027Timothy Lee Hoffner5521Profile:
7August 18, 2027John David Stumpf662343Profile:
8October 13, 2027Lawrence Alfred LandrumProfile:
9December 15, 2027Warren Keith Henness642836Profile:

List of pending motions to set an execution date

No.NameAge of personGenderEthnicityStateMethodRef.
CurrentAt offenseAge difference
1 Aaron Brian Gunches 533122MaleWhite Arizona Lethal injection Profile:
2 Willie Jerome Manning 562432Black Mississippi Profile:
3 Robert Simon Jr. 612635Profile:
4 Steven Vernon Bixby 573621White South Carolina To be determined Profile:
5Marion Bowman Jr.442024BlackProfile:
6Mikal Deen Mahdi412120Profile:
7 Richard Bernard Moore 593425Profile:
8Brad Keith Sigmon664323WhiteProfile:
9James Garfield Broadnax351916Black Texas Lethal injectionProfile:
10Tony Egbuna Ford511833Profile:
11 Patrick Henry Murphy Jr. 623923WhiteProfile:
12Ralph Leroy Menzies662739 Utah Firing squad Profile:

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References

  1. "Upcoming Executions". Death Penalty Information Center . Retrieved January 1, 2021.