Three US states carry out executions on the same day, a first since 2010
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- Tennessee, Oklahoma and Alabama executed three prisoners by lethal injection on Thursday, marking the first such occurrence in a single day since 2010.
- The executions brought the US total this year to 22, following 47 executions in 2025.
Three US states carried out executions on Thursday, putting three prisoners to death by lethal injection on the same day for the first time since 2010.
The executions come as the use of the death penalty in the United States has increased this year.
Tennessee prison authorities executed 66-year-old Anthony Haynes, who was convicted of murdering a woman in 1985.
In Oklahoma, 70-year-old Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez was executed for the 2003 murder of his partner.
Alabama also carried out the execution of 42-year-old Jeremy Williams, who was convicted of raping and killing a child in 2021.
The three executions brought the total number carried out in the United States this year to 22. A total of 47 executions were recorded across the country in 2025.
The executions come amid calls from US President Donald Trump to expand the use of the death penalty for what he describes as the most serious crimes.
The US Department of Justice has also proposed expanding execution methods to include firing squads, electrocution and lethal gas, drawing criticism from the United Nations over some of these methods.
