Plan for 3 executions on the same day in the US

While the recent increase in the application of the death penalty in the US continues, a notable development has occurred in the country where more than one death sentence was carried out on the same day for the first time in approximately 16 years. Two of the 3 separate executions planned for August 13 in the states of Tennessee, Oklahoma, and Alabama have been carried out.

Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez in Oklahoma and Anthony Darrell Hines in Tennessee were executed by lethal injection about 30 minutes apart. In Alabama, Jeremy Williams' death sentence is planned to be carried out later in the day. If the third execution is also carried out, it will be the first time since 2010 that three inmates have been executed on the same day in the US.

While it is stated that the fact that the execution dates in three different states coincided on the same day was not a coordinated decision and the timing was coincidental, the development also drew attention in terms of the number of executions, which has recently been on the rise in the US.

Cuesta-Rodriguez executed in Oklahoma

One of the first executions of the day was carried out in the state of Oklahoma. 70-year-old Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez was executed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

Cuesta-Rodriguez had been found guilty of shooting and killing his girlfriend, Olimpia Fisher, with whom he lived in Oklahoma City in 2003, and was sentenced to death. Expressing remorse for the crime he committed before his execution, Cuesta-Rodriguez had previously refused to file a clemency petition.

Fisher's daughters, meanwhile, drew attention to what their mother went through during the execution process and called for awareness regarding domestic violence.

Anthony Darrell Hines' sentence carried out in Tennessee

Around the same time as the execution in Oklahoma, 66-year-old Anthony Darrell Hines was executed in the state of Tennessee. The execution was carried out by lethal injection. Hines' lawyers made legal attempts before the execution to request a stay of the sentence, but the attempts were unsuccessful. Hines' son also met with his father again shortly before the execution after being separated for a long time and witnessed the execution.

Hines had been sentenced to death for murdering a female employee at a motel in 1985.

Third execution expected in Alabama

The third execution of the day is expected to be carried out in the state of Alabama. This execution is also planned to be carried out by lethal injection. 42-year-old Jeremy Williams was sentenced to death in 2021 for raping and murdering 5-year-old Kamarie Holland. It was determined that Williams had gained access to the little girl by paying money to the child's mother. Williams did not appeal his death sentence and did not take any legal action to delay the execution process.

If the sentence is carried out, Williams will be the third inmate executed in the US on the same day.

3 executions on the same day last carried out in 2010

The last time three inmates were executed on the same day in the US was on January 7, 2010. On that date, the death sentences of three inmates were carried out on the same day in the states of Louisiana, Ohio, and Texas. In 2018, an execution date was set for three different inmates on the same day, but only one of the planned executions was carried out.

While the execution of one of the inmates in Texas was postponed, the other execution in Alabama could not be carried out due to problems encountered in establishing an intravenous line.

Rise in execution numbers in the US

Although the fact that the three executions coincided on the same day is considered a coincidence in terms of timing, the development has once again drawn attention to the recent increase in the application of the death penalty in the US.

While 47 inmates were executed in the country in 2025, this number was recorded as the highest annual figure since 2009. It is stated that the majority of the executions are carried out in a limited number of states that continue to actively apply the death penalty. If the third execution in Alabama is carried out as planned, August 13, 2026, will be recorded as the first date in approximately 16 years that three death sentences have been carried out on the same day in the US.

News Source: 12punto