Three US states to hold executions on same day for first time since 2010
Summary
Three US states—Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma—are set to carry out executions on the same day for the first time since 2010. The three inmates were sentenced to death for separate murders and are scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection.Key Facts
- Tennessee will execute Anthony Darrell Hines for a 1985 murder.
- Alabama will execute Jeremy Williams for the 2021 rape and murder of a five-year-old girl.
- Williams pleaded guilty, declined to appeal, and asked for his sentence to be carried out.
- Oklahoma will execute Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez for a 2003 fatal shooting.
- This will be Oklahoma’s 20th execution under Governor Kevin Stitt.
- Eleven states executed prisoners in 2025; if these proceed, six states will have executions in 2026.
- The last time three executions happened on the same day was in 2010.
- Public support for the death penalty is declining, with 52% of Americans saying it is morally acceptable—the lowest since the 1970s.
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