Death by injection: Media: Three people executed on one day in the USA

In the US, three convicted criminals were executed on a single day. The death sentences were carried out by lethal injection in the states of Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Alabama on Thursday. These men were executed: The case of Carlos C. in Oklahoma Carlos C. was sentenced to death for the murder of his partner. According to the prosecutor, the 70-year-old man today had stalked and abused the two-time mother for months before shooting her twice in the face in their shared home in 2003.

Local media reported that he died in a prison in the morning (local time) after being administered a lethal injection. The case of Anthony H. in Tennessee The Tennessee Department of Correction in Nashville announced that Anthony H. died from the effects of a lethal injection at 10:43 a.m. (local time). His last words were reportedly: "Say hello to my son for me."

The defense of H. had appealed to the US Supreme Court just before the execution, but was unsuccessful. The prison cited the son of the woman he had killed, according to whom the convict had attacked the woman 41 years ago, tortured her, and stabbed her 13 times. The case of Jeremy W. in Alabama The 42-year-old Jeremy W. was reportedly sentenced to death for kidnapping, raping, and murdering a five-year-old girl.

The child's disappearance had triggered a large-scale search operation. W. died on Thursday evening (local time) as a result of a lethal injection, local media reported. The death penalty in the US The death penalty is permitted in more than two dozen of the 50 states in the US, according to the non-profit organization Death Penalty Information Center, but it is no longer enforced in several de facto.

In 2025, 47 convicts were executed nationwide. In addition to lethal injection, executions in the United States are also carried out using the electric chair or, less commonly, by firing squad. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, at least nine further executions are planned for this year. The next one is already scheduled for next Tuesday.

According to a recent representative survey by the Pew Research Center, two-thirds of adults in the US (66 percent) support the death penalty for people convicted of murder. A majority (59 percent) also believes that the death penalty has no deterrent effect on serious crimes.