Death Warrants 2026

2026 Death Warrants

Last updated June 12, 2026

40 execution dates have been scheduled by 8 states for 2026. As of this update, 15 executions have been carried out, 15 death warrants are inactive, and the remainder are active.

Executed — the execution was carried out.
Active — a date is set and the warrant stands.
Inactive — the prisoner will not be executed on the scheduled date (stay, reprieve, or commutation).

Date	State	Prisoner	Outcome
January 2	PA	Richard Roland Laird	Inactive — reprieve (moratorium)
January 28	TX	Charles Victor Thompson	Executed
February 10	FL	Ronald Heath	Executed
February 11	OH	Antonio Franklin	Inactive — reprieve to 2029
February 12	OK	Kendrick Simpson	Executed
February 24	FL	Melvin Trotter	Executed
March 3	FL	Billy Leon Kearse	Executed
March 11	TX	Cedric Ricks	Executed
March 12	AL	Charles Lee Burton	Inactive — commuted to life
March 12	OH	James Trimble	Inactive — reprieve to 2029
March 17	FL	Michael King	Executed
March 24	PA	Harvey M. Robinson	Inactive — reprieve
March 31	FL	James Duckett	Inactive — stayed
April 21	FL	Chadwick Willacy	Executed
April 30	FL	James Hitchcock	Executed
April 30	TX	James Broadnax	Executed
May 14	OK	Raymond Johnson	Executed
May 14	TX	Edward Busby	Executed
May 20	AZ	Leroy McGill	Executed
May 21	TN	Tony Carruthers	Inactive — reprieve (one year)
May 21	FL	Richard Knight	Executed
June 2	FL	Andrew Richard Lukehart	Executed
June 11	AL	Jeffrey Lee	Inactive — stayed (nitrogen gas)
June 17	OH	Gerald R. Hand	Inactive — reprieve to 2029
June 25	PA	Tedor Davido	Inactive — reprieve
June 25	FL	Dusty Ray Spencer	Active
July 14	FL	Dennis Sochor	Active
July 15	OH	Cleveland R. Jackson	Inactive — reprieve to 2029
July 22	OH	Danny L. Hill	Inactive — reprieve to 2029
August 13	TN	Anthony Darrell Dugard Hines	Active
August 13	OK	Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez	Active
August 19	OH	James D. O’Neal	Inactive — reprieve to 2029
September 16	TX	LeJames Norman	Active
September 23	TX	Ker’Sean Olajuwa Ramey	Active
September 30	TN	Christa Pike	Active
October 7	TX	Jamaal Howard	Active
October 21	OH	Jerome Henderson	Inactive — reprieve to 2029
November 12	TX	John Rubio	Active
November 18	OH	Melvin D. Bonnell Jr.	Inactive — reprieve to 2029
December 3	TN	Gary Wayne Sutton	Active

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