Three prisoners executed on same day in US
Three convicted murderers were put to death by lethal injection in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama, the most executions carried out in the United States on the same day in over 15 years.
Three convicted murderers were executed by lethal injection in Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Alabama on the same day, marking the highest number of executions in the United States on a single day in over 15 years. In Tennessee, Anthony Hines, 66, was put to death for the 1985 murder of Catherine Jenkins. In Oklahoma, Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, faced execution for killing his common-law wife in 2003.
Lastly, in Alabama, Jeremy Williams, 42, was executed for the 2021 rape and murder of a five-year-old girl. These executions collectively bring the total number of executions in the United States this year to 22, surpassing the previous record set in 2010. The death penalty is legal in 27 US states, while 23 have abolished it and three others, California, Oregon, and Pennsylvania, have moratoriums in place.
The death penalty has been a topic of much debate, with 39 of last year's executions carried out via lethal injection, five by nitrogen hypoxia, and three through firing squad. The United Nations has strongly condemned the use of nitrogen gas as an inhumane method of capital punishment.
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