Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma schedule same-day executions, a first in 16 years
Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma will each carry out a lethal injection on Thursday, marking the first occasion since 2010 that three inmates are executed on the same day in the United States.
Executions are slated for Thursday in Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma, the first simultaneous triple since January 2010. The three states are part of a small cluster that still carries out capital punishment, contributing to a 2025 total of 47 executions across eleven states, the highest number since 2009, with Florida accounting for the bulk. Tennessee will execute 66-year-old Anthony Darrell Hines, whose earlier lethal-injection attempt was halted after prolonged IV-line problems; he argues his health issues increase the risk of a faulty execution.
Alabama’s inmate Jeremy Williams, convicted of the 2021 rape and murder of five-year-old Kamarie Holland, has volunteered for the death penalty. Oklahoma will carry out the sentence of 70-year-old Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez for the 2003 killing of his girlfriend, a man who declined a clemency recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board. The three scheduled deaths underscore the limited number of states that still actively enforce capital punishment.
Why it matters
The coordinated executions highlight the ongoing use of the death penalty in a shrinking group of U.S. states and raise questions about execution protocols.
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