Three U.S. states carried out executions by lethal injection on the same day this week. This is the first time such an occurrence has happened in the country since 2010. Tennessee and Oklahoma performed executions within 30 minutes of each other, while Alabama followed later in the day.
In Oklahoma, 70-year-old Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez was executed for the 2003 murder of his girlfriend, Olimpia Fisher. The state prison system reported that he had no final statement and was pronounced dead shortly after 10:00 a.m. Her surviving family members issued a statement noting their hope that the outcome brings focus to the prevention of domestic violence.
Tennessee carried out the execution of 66-year-old Anthony Darrell Hines. He was convicted for the 1985 killing of Catherine Jean Jenkins, who worked as a maid in Kingston Springs. Jenkins' son witnessed the event, noting that he had reconnected with his father only days before the state moved forward with the lethal injection. Hines had previously challenged the execution process following a failed attempt by prison staff to set an IV line earlier this year.
In Alabama, the state executed 42-year-old Jeremy Williams. He was convicted for the 2021 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland. Williams had entered a guilty plea for the crimes and reportedly requested an execution date to provide closure to the victim's family. Governor Kay Ivey released a statement calling the crime an act of extreme violence and justifying the state’s death penalty statute.
Data indicates a shift in national capital punishment trends. Eleven states executed 47 people during 2025, marking the highest volume of executions since 2009. With the three events on August 13, 2026, the U.S. has reached 22 executions for the current year, with nearly a dozen more currently scheduled.