This is a list of people scheduled to be executed in the United States.
As of September 20,2024 [update] , a total of 37 people are scheduled to be executed in the United States. [1] All of these executions are scheduled over four calendar years in six U.S. states. [2] There are a total of 12 pending motions to set an execution date across five states. [3]
Year | Executions |
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2024 | 10 |
2025 | 9 |
2026 | 9 |
2027 | 9 |
Total | 37 |
State | Executions |
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Ohio | 25 |
Texas | 5 |
Alabama | 3 |
Missouri | 2 |
Indiana | 1 |
Oklahoma | 1 |
Total | 37 |
State | Pending Motions |
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South Carolina | 5 |
Texas | 3 |
Mississippi | 2 |
Arizona | 1 |
Utah | 1 |
Total | 12 |
No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | September 24, 2024 | Travis James Mullis | 38 | 21 | 17 | Male | White | Texas | Lethal injection | Profile: |
2 | Marcellus Scott Williams | 55 | 29 | 26 | Black | Missouri | Profile: | |||
3 | September 26, 2024 | Emmanuel Antonia Littlejohn | 52 | 20 | 32 | Oklahoma | Profile: | |||
4 | Alan Eugene Miller | 59 | 34 | 25 | White | Alabama | Nitrogen hypoxia | Profile: | ||
5 | October 1, 2024 | Garcia Glen White | 61 | 26 | 35 | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | Profile: | |
6 | October 17, 2024 | Robert Leslie Roberson III | 57 | 35 | 22 | White | Profile: | |||
7 | Derrick Ryan Dearman | 36 | 27 | 9 | Alabama | Profile: | ||||
8 | November 21, 2024 | Carey Dale Grayson | 50 | 19 | 31 | Nitrogen hypoxia | ||||
9 | December 3, 2024 | Christopher Leroy Collings | 49 | 32 | 17 | Missouri | Lethal injection | Profile: | ||
10 | December 18, 2024 | Joseph Edward Corcoran | 22 | 27 | Indiana | Profile: |
No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | February 5, 2025 | Steven Lawayne Nelson | 37 | 24 | 13 | Male | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | Profile: |
2 | March 13, 2025 | David Leonard Wood | 67 | 29 | 38 | White | Profile: | |||
3 | April 16, 2025 | John E. Drummond | 47 | 25 | 22 | Black | Ohio | To be determined | Profile: | |
4 | May 14, 2025 | James Galen Hanna | 75 | 48 | 27 | White | Profile: | |||
5 | June 18, 2025 | Percy Hutton | 71 | 32 | 39 | Black | Profile: | |||
6 | July 30, 2025 | Samuel Moreland | 31 | 40 | Profile: | |||||
7 | September 24, 2025 | Douglas Lamont Coley | 50 | 21 | 29 | Profile: | ||||
8 | October 30, 2025 | Timothy L. Coleman | 56 | 26 | 30 | Profile: | ||||
9 | December 10, 2025 | Kareem M. Jackson | 51 | 23 | 28 | Profile: |
No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | January 7, 2026 | Quisi Bryan | 55 | 29 | 26 | Male | Black | Ohio | To be determined | Profile: |
2 | February 11, 2026 | Antonio Sanchez Franklin | 47 | 18 | 29 | Profile: | ||||
3 | March 12, 2026 | James Earl Trimble | 65 | 44 | 21 | White | Profile: | |||
4 | June 17, 2026 | Gerald Robert Hand | 77 | 52 | 25 | Profile: | ||||
5 | July 15, 2026 | Cleveland Ramon Jackson | 48 | 23 | Black | Profile: | ||||
6 | July 22, 2026 | Danny Lee Hill | 59 | 18 | 41 | Profile: | ||||
7 | August 19, 2026 | James Derrick O'Neal | 72 | 39 | 33 | Profile: | ||||
8 | October 21, 2026 | Jerome Henderson | 67 | 26 | 41 | Profile: | ||||
9 | November 18, 2026 | Melvin D. Bonnell Jr. | 69 | 30 | 39 | White | Profile: |
No. | Date of execution | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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At execution | At offense | Age difference | ||||||||
1 | January 13, 2027 | Keith LaMar | 57 | 23 | 34 | Male | Black | Ohio | To be determined | Profile: |
2 | February 17, 2027 | Scott A. Group | 62 | 32 | 30 | White | Profile: | |||
3 | April 14, 2027 | Gregory Lott | 65 | 25 | 40 | Black | Profile: | |||
4 | May 19, 2027 | John Stojetz | 71 | 40 | 31 | White | Profile: | |||
5 | June 16, 2027 | Archie J. Dixon | 54 | 20 | 34 | Profile: | ||||
6 | July 14, 2027 | Timothy Lee Hoffner | 55 | 21 | Profile: | |||||
7 | August 18, 2027 | John David Stumpf | 66 | 23 | 43 | Profile: | ||||
8 | October 13, 2027 | Lawrence Alfred Landrum | Profile: | |||||||
9 | December 15, 2027 | Warren Keith Henness | 64 | 28 | 36 | Profile: |
No. | Name | Age of person | Gender | Ethnicity | State | Method | Ref. | ||
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Current | At offense | Age difference | |||||||
1 | Aaron Brian Gunches | 53 | 31 | 22 | Male | White | Arizona | Lethal injection | Profile: |
2 | Willie Jerome Manning | 56 | 24 | 32 | Black | Mississippi | Profile: | ||
3 | Robert Simon Jr. | 61 | 26 | 35 | Profile: | ||||
4 | Steven Vernon Bixby | 57 | 36 | 21 | White | South Carolina | To be determined | Profile: | |
5 | Marion Bowman Jr. | 44 | 20 | 24 | Black | Profile: | |||
6 | Mikal Deen Mahdi | 41 | 21 | 20 | Profile: | ||||
7 | Richard Bernard Moore | 59 | 34 | 25 | Profile: | ||||
8 | Brad Keith Sigmon | 66 | 43 | 23 | White | Profile: | |||
9 | James Garfield Broadnax | 35 | 19 | 16 | Black | Texas | Lethal injection | Profile: | |
10 | Tony Egbuna Ford | 51 | 18 | 33 | Profile: | ||||
11 | Patrick Henry Murphy Jr. | 62 | 39 | 23 | White | Profile: | |||
12 | Ralph Leroy Menzies | 66 | 27 | 39 | Utah | Firing squad | Profile: |
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