politics
Three men executed on same day in US for the first time in 15 years
Rare scheduling in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama underlines the renewed appetite in US for state killings
TL;DR
- Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez was executed in Oklahoma for the 2003 murder of his common-law wife.
- Darrell Hines was executed in Tennessee for the 1985 murder of a motel maid.
- Jeremy Williams was executed in Alabama for the 2021 rape and murder of a five-year-old girl.
- This is the first instance of three executions on a single day in the US in more than 15 years.
- The number of executions in the US has significantly increased, with Florida alone conducting 19 last year.
- All three executions were carried out by lethal injection, the standard method in the US.