3 states carry out executions in a single day, first time since 2010
Summary
Three U.S. states—Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Alabama—executed inmates on the same day for the first time since 2010. This reflects a recent increase in executions nationwide, with 47 people put to death in 11 states during 2025.Key Facts
- Tennessee executed Anthony Darrell Hines for a 1985 murder of a motel maid.
- Oklahoma executed Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez for killing his girlfriend in 2003.
- Alabama executed a man for killing a 5-year-old girl he paid her mother to abuse.
- Three executions in one day is unusual and last happened on January 7, 2010.
- Eleven states carried out 47 executions in 2025, the highest yearly total since 2009.
- So far in 2026, 21 executions have occurred with more planned.
- Florida led with 12 executions in 2026 and had two executions on one day in July.
- Florida Governor Ron DeSantis oversaw a record 19 executions in 2025, the most by any Florida governor since 1976.
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