Three men across the United States are scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on the same day, a coincidence not seen in more than 16 years. Anthony Darrell Hines of Tennessee, Jeremy Williams of Alabama, and Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez of Oklahoma are all set to face execution on Thursday.
The last time three executions occurred on a single day was January 7, 2010, when Louisiana, Ohio, and Texas carried out executions.
In Tennessee, 66-year-old Anthony Darrell Hines is scheduled for execution for the 1985 murder of Catherine Jean Jenkins, a motel maid he stabbed to death in Kingston Springs. Hines was sentenced to death in 1986, a sentence he received again in 1989 after a successful appeal for a new hearing. His execution date follows a botched lethal injection three months prior for another Tennessee inmate, Tony Carruthers, where officials struggled to insert an IV. Hines had raised concerns that the same doctor who oversaw the previous failed attempt might handle his execution, citing his own physical challenges due to strokes. The Tennessee Supreme Court, however, ruled that Hines had not sufficiently demonstrated the doctor's lack of qualification and characterized the earlier incident as isolated.
Meanwhile, 42-year-old Jeremy Williams is slated for execution in Alabama for the 2021 rape and murder of five-year-old Kamarie Holland. Prosecutors stated that Williams allegedly offered the child's mother $2,500 for the child to perform a sex act, subsequently filming the attack and keeping the girl's body. Williams pleaded guilty to the murder and has reportedly declined to appeal his death sentence, requesting his execution proceed. He was also a suspect in his infant daughter's 2005 death in Alaska, though charges were not filed until 2022. This would be Alabama's first execution of the year; a nitrogen gas execution scheduled for June was halted after a judge ruled the method unconstitutional. Kamarie Holland's mother is currently serving a 20-year sentence for sex trafficking.
In Oklahoma, 70-year-old Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez is scheduled to be executed for the 2003 murder of his girlfriend, Olimpia Fisher, in their Oklahoma City home. Fisher was reportedly planning to end the relationship when Cuesta-Rodriguez shot her, waited for her to suffer, and then delivered the fatal shot. Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond stated Cuesta-Rodriguez made her suffer because she sought independence. Cuesta-Rodriguez has expressed regret but did not request clemency from the Pardon and Parole Board, which voted 3-1 against recommending it. His attorneys had cited a difficult childhood in Cuba and argued for mental health issues including brain damage, PTSD, and major depression. Cuesta-Rodriguez's execution will be Oklahoma's third of the year.
Florida executed two men on the same day last month, bringing its total to 31 executions since the start of 2025. Three executions were also scheduled for the same day in 2018, but only one was carried out due to reprieves and procedural issues in other states.