2023 Death Warrants

The following table lists the definitions for the outcomes of death warrants which are displayed on the Outcomes of Death Warrants in 2023 tableau. Each outcome describes the current status of the defendant’s death warrant. The main categories for the outcomes of death warrants are ActiveInactive, and Executed. On the 2023 Death Warrant Outcomes Nationally, by Date of Scheduled Execution table, the main categories, ActiveInactiveand Executed are displayed in the Outcome column; relevant details of the procedural history are noted in the Events column.

Scheduled Execution

Date of Scheduled ExecutionStatePrisonerOutcomeEvents
January 3MOAmber McLaughlin (death warrant issued under the name Scott McLaughlin)EXECUTEDEXECUTED
January 10TXRobert FrattaEXECUTEDPreliminary 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
January 12OHAntonio FranklinInactive REPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on July 1, 2022 and execution rescheduled for February 11, 2026.   
 
January 12OKScott EizemberEXECUTEDEXECUTED
February 1TXWesley RuizEXECUTEDPreliminary 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
February 7MOLeonard TaylorEXECUTEDEXECUTED
February 8TXJohn BalentineEXECUTEDPreliminary 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
February 15OHStanley FitzpatrickInactiveREPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on July 1, 2022 and execution rescheduled for April 16, 2026.
February 16OKRichard GlossipInactiveRESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for May 18, 2023.
February 23FLDonald DillbeckEXECUTEDEXECUTED
March 7TXGary GreenEXECUTEDEXECUTED
March 7PAJohn EichingerInactiveREPRIEVED by Governor Tom Wolf on January 11, 2023.
March 9OKJemaine CannonInactiveRESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for May 18, 2023.
March 9TXArthur BrownEXECUTEDPreliminary 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
March 15OHCharles LorraineInactiveREPRIEVED by Governor Mike DeWine on November 10, 2022. Execution rescheduled for May 13, 2026.
March 23IDGerald Pizzuto, Jr.InactiveSTAYED 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.”
March 29TXAnibal Canales, Jr.InactiveWARRANT 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.
April 3PARahmael Sal HoltInactiveLegally 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.”
April 5TXAndre ThomasInactiveWARRANT WITHDRAWN by the Grayson County District Court on March 7, 2023.
April 6OKAnthony Sanchez   
 
InactiveRESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for September 21, 2023.
April 6AZAaron GunchesInactiveWARRANT EXPIRED
April 12FLLouis Bernard GaskinEXECUTEDEXECUTED
April 19OHDavid SneedInactiveRESENTENCED TO LIFE on January 31, 2022 under Ohio’s serious mental illness law
April 26TXIvan CantuInactiveWARRANT WITHDRAWN by the Collin County District Court on April 20, 2023.Execution date reset for February 28, 2024.
May 3FLDarryl BarwickEXECUTEDEXECUTED
May 4OKPhillip HancockInactiveRESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for November 30, 2023.
May 17OHGerald HandInactiveREPRIEVED on November 10, 2022 by Governor Mike DeWine. Execution rescheduled for June 17, 2026.
May 18OKRichard GlossipInactiveSTAYED by U.S. Supreme Court on May 5th pending the dispositions of his petitions of certiorari
June 1OKJames RyderInactiveRESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for February 1, 2024.
June 6MOMichael TisiusEXECUTEDEXECUTED
June 15OHCleveland JacksonInactiveREPRIEVED on November 10, 2022 by Governor Mike DeWine. Execution rescheduled for July 15, 2026.
June 15FLDuane OwenEXECUTEDEXECUTED
July 6OKMichael SmithInactiveRESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for April 4, 2024.
July 19OHMichael D. WebbInactiveDIED ON DEATH ROW on May 2, 2022.
July 20OKJemaine CannonEXECUTEDEXECUTED
July 21ALJames BarberEXECUTEDEXECUTED
July 25PAHarve Lamar JohnsonInactiveSTAYED by the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania on August 21, 2023.
August 1MOJohnny A. JohnsonEXECUTEDTemporary stay granted by panel on the 8th U.S. Circuit Court on June 25, 2023. On June 29, the government’s petition for rehearing en banc was granted. The petition for panel rehearing was denied as moot. Judge Kelly and Judge Erickson would have denied the petition for rehearing en banc. The Court’s June 25th order staying the execution was VACATEDAP News article.EXECUTED
August 3FLJames Phillip BarnesEXECUTEDEXECUTED
August 3OKWade LayInactiveRESCHEDULED on January 24, 2023 by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals; execution date reset for June 6, 2024.
August 16OHJames O’NealInactiveREPRIEVED on April 14, 2023 by Governor Mike DeWine. Execution rescheduled for August 19, 2026.
September 13TXHenry SkinnerInactiveDIED ON DEATH ROW on February 16, 2023 of complications following surgery to remove a brain tumor.
September 14OHJerome HendersonInactiveREPRIEVED on April 14, 2023 by Governor Mike DeWine. Execution rescheduled for October 21, 2026.
September 21OKAnthony SanchezEXECUTEDEXECUTED
October 3FLMichael ZackEXECUTEDEXECUTED
October 5OKRichard RojemInactiveTo be RESCHEDULED at a later date
October 10TXJedidiah Isaac MurphyEXECUTEDEXECUTED
October 18OHMelvin BonnellInactiveREPRIEVED on April 14, 2023 by Governor Mike DeWine. Execution rescheduled for November 18, 2026.
October 26TXWilliam SpeerInactiveSTAYED on October 26, 2023 by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. View order.
November 2OKEmmanuel LittlejohnInactiveTo be RESCHEDULED at a later date
November 8IDThomas CreechInactiveWARRANT WITHDRAWN The state’s parole board has granted a clemency hearing to consider changing his sentence to life in prison.
November 9TXBrent BrewerEXECUTEDEXECUTED
November 16TXDavid RenteriaEXECUTEDWarrant Withdrawn by the El Paso County District Court on August 29, 2023. Writ of mandamus issued by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on September 18, 2023, vacating the Court’s August 29th order withdrawing the warrant.Warrant reinstated by the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals on September 18, 2023. Source: Court OpinionEXECUTED
November 16OHKeith LamarInactiveREPRIEVED on July 13, 2023 by Governor Mike DeWine. Execution rescheduled for January 13, 2027.
November 16ALCasey McWhorterEXECUTEDEXECUTED
November 30OKPhillip HancockEXECUTEDEXECUTED
December 6OHElwood JonesInactiveWARRANT WITHDRAWNExecution date VACATED by the Ohio Supreme Court, awaiting new trial
December 7OKKevin UnderwoodInactiveTo be RESCHEDULED at a later date