Tennessee, Alabama And Oklahoma Plan Same-Day Executions In Rare Event
Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are scheduled to execute one inmate each on Thursday, August 13, 2026, marking the first time three U.S. executions have fallen on the same calendar day since Jan. 7, 2010.[1]
Tennessee plans to execute Anthony Darrell Hines, 66, three months after the state aborted another execution in May when officials could not place a required backup IV line.[1] Hines has cited two strokes and partial paralysis in failed legal bids to halt his execution, and Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Supreme Court have denied him relief.[1]
On May 2026, Tennessee halted the execution of Tony Carruthers after officials were unable to place the required backup IV line, a technical failure that shaped scheduling and scrutiny around this week's planned death sentences.[1] In 2025, 11 states carried out 47 executions, with recent executions and new death sentences increasingly concentrated in a small group of states.[1]
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- Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are scheduled to execute one inmate each on Thursday, August 13, 2026.
- It would be the first time since January 7, 2010, that three U.S. executions occur on the same calendar day.
- Tennessee plans to execute Anthony Darrell Hines three months after the state aborted Tony Carruthers' execution in May 2026 because officials could not place a required backup IV line.
- Hines, age 66, cites two strokes and partial paralysis in failed legal bids to halt his execution, while Gov. Bill Lee and the Tennessee Supreme Court have denied relief.
- In 2025, 11 states executed 47 people, with executions and new death sentences increasingly concentrated in a small group of states.
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