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Three States Conduct First Triple Execution in 16 Years
8/12/2026
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- Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma will carry out a triple execution on Thursday, the first such event in 16 years.
- Anthony Darrell Hines, Jeremy Williams and Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez are the inmates scheduled for execution, with Williams requesting execution for his 2021 murder.
- Governor Bill Lee denied a stay request for Anthony Darrell Hines.
- Oklahoma’s board voted 3-1 against clemency for Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, who refused it.
