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Supreme Court Asked to Halt Aug. 13 Execution of Hines

8/14/2026

Summary

US Executes Three

The United States will carry out three executions on August 13, 2026, the most in a day since January 7, 2010.
Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama will execute Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, Darrell Hines and Jeremy Williams for murders committed in 2003, 1985 and 2021.
Robin Maher of the Death Penalty Information Center called the schedule a coincidence, while LatinoJustice PRLDEF highlighted that inmates killed women or girls in 64% of 94 executions.

Summary

Attorneys Seek Stay

Attorneys for death-row inmate Darrell Hines asked the U.S. Supreme Court to stay his Aug 13, 2026 execution, citing strokes, muscle loss, and risk of pain if Dr. Mark Fowler performs the lethal injection.
Nine Republican state senators urged Gov. Bill Lee in June to review the Carruthers execution failure, a request Lee rejected, keeping executions on schedule.
A special master was appointed to review the lethal-injection protocol for inmate Christa Pike.

History

Historical Context

After the 1976 Gregg v. Georgia ruling revived the death penalty and made lethal injection the dominant method, executions resumed in 1977 and reached 1,660 nationwide by March 2026, with Texas alone accounting for 596. The surge in 2025—47 inmates—has led Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama to schedule three more lethal-injection deaths on August 13 2026, including Darrell Hines.

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US Executes Three

The United States will carry out three executions on August 13, 2026, the most in a day since January 7, 2010.
Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama will execute Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, Darrell Hines and Jeremy Williams for murders committed in 2003, 1985 and 2021.
Robin Maher of the Death Penalty Information Center called the schedule a coincidence, while LatinoJustice PRLDEF highlighted that inmates killed women or girls in 64% of 94 executions.

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