As of September 1, 2026, 41 people are scheduled for execution across eight US states through 2030. Ohio accounts for 27 of those 41 executions — far more than any other state, and far more than Texas, which has 5 scheduled. Florida executed Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, on September 10; Texas is scheduled to execute LeJames Norman, 40, on September 16.

THE OHIO CONCENTRATION  

Ohio’s 27 scheduled executions representing 66% of the national total reflects a specific Ohio political and legal history around capital punishment: Ohio was among the states most active in execution in the mid-2000s, then entered an effective moratorium following lethal injection drug controversies and shortage periods that lasted through the late 2010s and 2020s. The scheduled executions are executions that were deferred during the moratorium period and are now being rescheduled.

Governor Mike DeWine has repeatedly stayed Ohio executions when the specific execution method has been legally challenged; the rescheduled execution calendar reflects the accumulation of those stays over years.

THE SPECIFIC NAMES AND DATES  

ONYX documents the scheduled executions at the level of confirmed public reporting:

▸  Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72 — executed Florida, September 10, 2026

▸  LeJames Norman, 40 — scheduled Texas, September 16, 2026

The remaining 39 scheduled executions across eight states are from confirmed death penalty tracking records. ONYX will cover each execution at the level of the specific person, their case, and the accountability their execution requires.

THE CONSTITUTIONAL FRAMEWORK  

Capital punishment’s specific constitutional status in 2026: the Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of lethal injection protocols in multiple decisions; states have the authority to set execution methods within those constitutional limits; the specific drugs used in lethal injection protocols are in documented shortage nationally, which is a primary driver of execution delays and stays.

THE HUMAN ACCOUNTING  

ONYX’s editorial standard for execution coverage: the person being executed is a human being with a specific name, age, crime, and criminal justice history. The accountability of capital punishment requires covering the specific individual, not only the state’s statistical exercise of lethal authority. Daniel Owen Conahan Jr. was 72 when he was executed. LeJames Norman is 40. Their specific cases — the crime, the conviction, the appeals, the clemency process — are the substance of the accountability.

Ohio has 27 of 41 scheduled US executions. Texas has 5. Florida executed a 72-year-old on September 10. Texas will execute a 40-year-old on September 16. These are not abstractions. They are people with names and specific histories. ONYX covers them with both.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT  

▸  LeJames Norman execution September 16 — Texas; ONYX will cover

▸  Ohio execution calendar — the specific dates and names for Ohio’s 27

▸  Lethal injection drug availability — whether supply issues produce additional stays

▸  Supreme Court — whether any pending capital punishment cases affect the national execution calendar

CONFIDENCE: HIGH

41 scheduled executions eight states through 2030, Ohio 27, Texas 5, Daniel Owen Conahan Jr. 72 Florida September 10, LeJames Norman 40 Texas September 16 from confirmed death penalty tracking records.

⚖️  BIAS CHECK — WHO IS SAYING WHAT
Death penalty abolition advocates	Will characterize Ohio’s concentration of scheduled executions as evidence of a state resuming aggressive capital punishment after years of de facto moratorium; their concern is the pace of resumption
Ohio government	Has rescheduled executions that were stayed during drug shortage periods; the schedule reflects legal process, not new death sentences
Defense attorneys	Continue appellate challenges to lethal injection protocols and specific convictions; stays remain possible before scheduled dates
ONYX	Covering with both the statistical accountability and the specific human names; capital punishment requires both dimensions

SOURCES

▸  Death penalty tracking records — Ohio executions national schedule, September 8, 2026