3 men set for lethal injection on same day in Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma
Summary
Three men are scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on the same day in Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma. These executions involve men convicted of killing a motel maid, a girlfriend, and a young girl, respectively. This is a rare occurrence of multiple executions on the same day in the United States.Key Facts
- The executions are scheduled for Thursday in Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma.
- Anthony Darrell Hines in Tennessee was convicted of killing motel maid Catherine Jean Jenkins in 1985.
- An Oklahoma man is set for execution for killing his girlfriend.
- An Alabama man will be executed after dropping all appeals; he was convicted of killing a 5-year-old girl he had paid her mother to abuse.
- Eleven states carried out executions in the U.S. in 2025; if these executions happen, six states will have executed prisoners in 2026.
- The last time three executions occurred on the same day was in January 2010.
- Tennessee’s last scheduled execution was stopped due to problems inserting an IV during the lethal injection process.
- Tennessee courts rejected Hines’ claims that the doctor overseeing his execution was unqualified, despite previous difficulties in a similar execution.
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