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Anthony Hines Executed in Nashville After Clemency Denied

8/15/2026

Summary

Hines Executed

Anthony Darrell Hines was executed by lethal injection at 10 a.m. on August 13, 2026 in Nashville for the 1985 stabbing murder of motel maid Catherine Jean Jenkins.
Attorneys said Hines’s strokes, partial paralysis, and IV-access difficulty could cause severe pain, but Governor Bill Lee denied clemency.
The execution was part of the first triple execution in the United States in 16 years, with two other inmates put to death in Oklahoma and Alabama that day.

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Alabama Withholds

Alabama’s Department of Corrections will not disclose the lethal-injection drug cocktail or execution cost.
Experts say the redacted protocols block public oversight and risk botched injections.
Oklahoma’s Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 to deny clemency for Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez despite claims of brain damage, PTSD, psychotic episodes and his request to forgo clemency.
Analysts link President Donald Trump’s 2025 executive order restoring the federal death penalty to recent rise in state executions.

History

Historical Context

After the Supreme Court ended the 1972 Furman moratorium, Gregg v. Georgia (1976) upheld revised statutes, prompting 35 states to reenact death-penalty laws. Utah then carried out the first post-reinstatement execution of Gary Gilmore on January 17, 1977, ending the national moratorium. These rulings established the procedural framework that still shapes today’s execution practices.

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Hines Executed

Anthony Darrell Hines was executed by lethal injection at 10 a.m. on August 13, 2026 in Nashville for the 1985 stabbing murder of motel maid Catherine Jean Jenkins.
Attorneys said Hines’s strokes, partial paralysis, and IV-access difficulty could cause severe pain, but Governor Bill Lee denied clemency.
The execution was part of the first triple execution in the United States in 16 years, with two other inmates put to death in Oklahoma and Alabama that day.

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