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Three states—Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma—are set to carry out executions on the same day, Thursday, marking the first such triple execution since 2010. This rare event highlights how a small number of states drive national death penalty activity, with Florida leading in executions last year and just four states accounting for 19 so far this year. Tennessee’s Anthony Hines, 66, partially paralyzed from strokes, faces execution after a botched IV attempt delayed another inmate; he argues his health makes him especially vulnerable. Alabama will execute Jeremy Williams, 42, who requested the death penalty for a 2021 rape and murder. Oklahoma plans to execute Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, for a 2003 murder, despite attorneys seeking clemency—he declined, expressing regret. These cases reveal the enduring, contentious reality of capital punishment in America.

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