Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma are set to carry out executions on the same day, marking the first time in nearly 16 years that three people will be put to death on the same day in the United States. The executions come as a small number of states drive execution numbers in the US.

Background

Eleven states executed a total of 47 people in 2025, the highest number since 2009. Florida accounted for most of the surge with 19 executions. The 19 executions so far in 2026 have occurred in four states, with Florida leading the country.

The last time three executions were held on the same day was January 7, 2010, when Louisiana, Ohio, and Texas put inmates to death. Three executions were scheduled on the same day in 2018, but only one went forward after a Texas man was granted a reprieve and prison officials in Alabama had problems with the IV line.

Tennessee Execution

Tennessee plans to execute Anthony Darrell Hines, 66, three months after the attempted lethal injection of another inmate was called off due to problems inserting an IV. Hines has seized on the problems with the previous execution, saying his health issues increase the risk of difficulties at his execution.

Alabama Execution

Alabama is scheduled to execute Jeremy Williams, 42, by lethal injection for the 2021 rape and murder of a 5-year-old Georgia girl. Williams has asked for his death sentence to be carried out.

Oklahoma Execution

Oklahoma is scheduled to execute Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, for the 2003 murder of his girlfriend. If the lethal injection goes forward, he will be the third person executed in Oklahoma this year.

Original reporting: Alexandria, VA News – WTOP News — read the source article.