Three states to execute inmates on same day for first time since 2010

Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma are scheduled to carry out lethal injections on Thursday, marking the first time since 2010 that three executions occur on the same day in the United States Source: AP News. The last such convergence was on Jan. 7, 2010, when Louisiana, Ohio, and Texas put inmates to death Source: NPR.

The cases

In Tennessee, Anthony Darrell Hines, 66, is set to die for the 1985 murder of motel maid Catherine Jean Jenkins. Hines has appealed unsuccessfully, citing health issues from strokes that could complicate IV insertion Source: CNN. His execution follows a botched attempt on another inmate, Tony Carruthers, in May, which was called off after IV problems Source: The Guardian.

In Alabama, Jeremy Williams, 42, pleaded guilty to the 2021 rape and murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland and asked to be executed Source: AP News. In Oklahoma, Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, is scheduled to die for the 2003 shooting of his girlfriend Olimpia Fisher Source: Al Jazeera.

The context

These executions highlight a concentration of capital punishment in a few states. Robin Maher of the Death Penalty Information Center noted it is "highly unusual" but largely a scheduling coincidence Source: CNN. Eleven states executed 47 people in 2025, the highest since 2009, with Florida leading Source: AP News.

Disagreement

Sources differ on the doctor involved in Hines's execution. The Guardian reports that Dr. Mark Fowler, who oversaw Carruthers's failed execution, may be involved, while AP News notes the state has declined to say whether the same doctor will preside Source: The Guardian, AP News. The Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Hines had not proven the doctor unqualified Source: NPR.