Two convicted killers were executed by lethal injection Thursday morning in Tennessee and Oklahoma, while Alabama prepared to carry out a third execution later in the day. Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez was pronounced dead at 10:13 a.m. local time in McAlester, Oklahoma, for killing his girlfriend, Olimpia Fisher. About 30 minutes later, Anthony Darrell Hines was pronounced dead in Tennessee for the murder of motel maid Catherine Jean Jenkins. Alabama was still expected to execute Jeremy Williams later Thursday for the rape and murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland. The Associated Press reported that three states last carried out executions on a single day on Jan. 7, 2010, when prisoners were put to death in Louisiana, Ohio and Texas. TWO FLORIDA INMATES DIE IN RARE DOUBLE EXECUTION AFTER SCOTUS DENIES STAYS Three executions were also set to happen on the same day in 2018, though only one took place after Alabama officials struggled to place an IV line and Texas granted a reprieve. Florida executed two men in one day in July, bringing its total number of executions since the beginning of 2025 to 31. Eleven states carried out executions last year. Tennessee became the fifth state to carry out an execution in 2026. Alabama would become the sixth if Williams is put to death. Hines was put to death by lethal injection in Tennessee and pronounced dead at 10:43 a.m. local time. Before the procedure, he was asked if he had any final words, at which point he said, “Not right now, thank…
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