In the United States, with three states moving to carry out executions in succession, three executions were carried out in a single day for the first time in about 16 years.
According to the AP on the 13th local time, executions of three death-row prisoners were carried out in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Alabama in turn. It was the first time since Jan. 7, 2010, that three executions were carried out in a single day.
In Oklahoma, Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, who was sentenced to death for killing his girlfriend, was executed by lethal injection. He had been on death row since being sentenced to death for fatally shooting his girlfriend in 2003 as she was trying to break up.
In Tennessee, Anthony Darrell Hines, 66, who killed a motel cleaner with a weapon in 1985, was executed the same way. Hines, who suffered two strokes that narrowed his blood vessels and caused muscle atrophy, challenged the execution, saying problems could arise during the injection of drugs, but it was not accepted.
In Alabama, the execution of Jeremy Williams, 42, who was sentenced to death for sexually assaulting and killing a 5-year-old child in 2021, was carried out. He was found to have committed the crime after paying $2,500 to the child's mother.
With these executions, the number of executions carried out in the United States this year has increased to 22. By state, Florida has 12, Texas 4, Oklahoma 3, and Arizona, Tennessee and Alabama one each.
In the United States last year as well, a total of 47 executions were carried out across 11 states. It was the highest figure since 52 in 2009. With executions continuing this year, the debate over whether to keep or abolish the death penalty in the United States is expected to continue.