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3 states are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the US since 2010

3 states are set to hold executions on the same day, a first in the US since 2010

Summary

Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma have scheduled executions for the same day. This will be the first time in almost 16 years that three people are executed on the same day in the United States.

Key Facts

  • Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma plan to carry out executions on the same Thursday.
  • No other day since 2010 has had three executions in the U.S.
  • These three states are among the few that continue to carry out death sentences.
  • The method used for these executions is lethal injection.
  • Execution numbers in the U.S. are mostly driven by a small group of states, including these three.
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