So far, only one execution has occurred in 2012 in the United States:  the January 6, 2012, execution of Gary Welch by a three-drug lethal injection (using phenobarbital) by the State of Oklahoma.

2012 US Execution Schedule

The Death Penalty Information Center updated its 2012 Execution Schedule on January 23, 2012, and it’s pretty amazing to see how short that list is, right now:

January

17 PA Ralph Birdsong – Stayed
18 PA Kenneth Hairston – Stayed
18 OH Charles Lorraine – Stayed
19 KY Michael St. Clair – Stayed
20 DE Robert Gattis – Granted Clemency
26 TX Rodrigo Hernandez
31 GA Nicholas Tate – Voluntarily Waived His Rights to Appeal
 

February
1 TX Donald Newbury
15 FL Robert Waterhouse
16 OK Garry Allen
22 OH Michael Webb
28 TX Anthony Bartee
29 TX George Rivas
29 AZ Robert Moormann
 

March
6 NE Michael Ryan
7 TX Keith Thurmond
8 AZ Robert Towery
8 PA Dustin Briggs – (Stay Likely)
15 OK Timothy Stemple
18 SD Briley Piper – (Stay Likely)
28 TX Jesse Hernandez
 

April
18 OH Mark Wiles
26 TX Beunka Adams
 

May
13-19 SD Eric Roberts
 

June
12 OH Abdul Awkal
 

July
26 OH John Eley
 

September
20 OH Donald Palmer
 

November
13 OH Brett Hartmann