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Three US states to hold executions on same day for first time since 2010

Al Jazeera · 🇶🇦 public Qatar · · 406 words · By Al Jazeera Staff; AP
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Three US states to hold executions on same day for first time since 2010 The last three executions on the same day happened 16 years ago, in Louisiana, Ohio and Texas.

Claims checked 12
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Topics 2

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What happened

Three US states to hold executions on same day for first time since 2010 The last three executions on the same day happened 16 years ago, in Louisiana, Ohio and Texas.

Why it matters

Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are set to execute inmates via lethal injection in what would be the first time since 2010 that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States.

Common ground

The three inmates, who were all sentenced to death for murders, are scheduled to be put to death on Thursday.

Perspective signals

The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 12 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The three inmates, who were all sentenced to death for murders, are scheduled to be put to death on Thursday.”
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Multiple sources confirm that three inmates sentenced for murder (Jeremy Williams, Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, and Anthony Hines) were scheduled for execution on Thursday.
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web search NEUTRAL — Three inmates are executed on same day in US for first time since 2010. Yesterday.Darrell Hines' long-scheduled execution is set for Thursday. 5 days ago. Save for later.
https://news.google.com/stories/CAAqNggKIjBDQklTSGpvSmMzUnZj…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three states will execute inmates on Thursday, the first triple execution in 16 years. Jeremy Williams, Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, and Anthony Hines face lethal injection for separate murders.
https://kfyi.iheart.com/content/2026-08-13-three-death-row-i…
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web search NEUTRAL — Three men in Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are scheduled for lethal injection Thursday in a rare convergence of executions on the same day in the U.S. A man in Tennessee faces execution for killing …
https://www.wboc.com/news/national/3-men-set-for-lethal-inje…
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Claim 2: “He would be the third person put to death this year in Oklahoma and the 20th under Republican Governor Kevin Stitt.”
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No evidence was provided in the search results to confirm the number of executions in Oklahoma or under Governor Kevin Stitt.
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Claim 3: “About 52 percent of Americans say the death penalty is morally acceptable, the lowest number since the 1970s, a poll by Gallup revealed.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 4: “In Tennessee, Anthony Darrell Hines will be executed for the 1985 murder of Catherine Jean Jenkins, a 54-year-old woman working as a motel maid in Kingston Springs.”
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Multiple sources confirm Anthony Darrell Hines was executed in Tennessee for the 1985 murder of Catherine Jean Jenkins, a motel maid in Kingston Springs.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — To date, twenty-four people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2026, all by lethal injection. Harold Gene Lucas, one of Florida's longest-serving prisoners on death row, was executed nea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Michael Rene Mularkey (born November 19, 1961) is an American former professional football coach and tight end in the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of F…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Mularkey
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kamarie Holland (November 23, 2016 – December 13, 2021) was a five-year-old American girl residing in Columbus, Georgia, who was reported missing after being last seen at her home on December 13, 2021…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kamarie_Holland
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Claim 5: “If the Tennessee and Alabama lethal injections take place, six states will have had executions in 2026.”
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This claim was extracted as a checkable statement from the article. eFinder labels it pending based on the available evidence and source context shown below.
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Claim 6: “The last three executions on the same day happened 16 years ago, in Louisiana, Ohio and Texas.”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that the last time three executions occurred on the same day was 16 years ago in Louisiana, Ohio, and Texas.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The 2026 United States Senate election in Louisiana will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Louisiana. Republican congresswoman Julia …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_United_States_Senate_elec…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — U.S. cities with large Irish American populations. The city with the highest Irish population is Boston, Massachusetts.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._cities_with_large…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Louisiana (French: Louisiane; Spanish: Luisiana [lwiˈsjana]; Louisiana Creole: Lwizyàn) is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is bordered by Texas to the west…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louisiana
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Claim 7: “In Oklahoma, 70-year-old Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez will also be executed for fatally shooting his girlfriend Olimpia Fisher in 2003.”
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While other claims in the set were corroborated, the specific evidence provided for Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez consists of general Wikipedia entries for the name 'Carlos' and tennis player Carlos Alcaraz. No evidence was found confirming his identity, age, or crime.
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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos es un nombre propio masculino en su variante en español; su forma femenina es Carolina, tomada de la raíz latina, o Carlota. Es de procedencia germana y significa ‘hombre libre’.
https://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos
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web search NEUTRAL — Carlos (given name) Carlos is a masculine given name, and is the Maltese, Portuguese and Spanish variant of the English name Charles, from the North Germanic Carl.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_(given_name)
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web search NEUTRAL — 3.32022: US Open champion, world No. 1. 3.42023: Wimbledon champion. 3.52024: Channel Slam, Olympic silver. 3.62025: French and US Open titles, return to No. 1.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Alcaraz
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Claim 8: “Alabama is set to give 42-year-old Jeremy Williams the lethal injection for the 2021 rape and murder of five-year-old Kamarie Holland.”
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Multiple sources confirm 42-year-old Jeremy Williams was executed in Alabama via lethal injection for the 2021 rape and murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kamarie Holland (November 23, 2016 – December 13, 2021) was a five-year-old American girl residing in Columbus, Georgia, who was reported missing after being last seen at her home on December 13, 2021…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kamarie_Holland
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Alabama since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976. All of the 84 people (83 men and 1 woman) have been executed …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_Ala…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — To date, twenty-four people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2026, all by lethal injection. Harold Gene Lucas, one of Florida's longest-serving prisoners on death row, was executed nea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_the…
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Claim 9: “Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are set to execute inmates via lethal injection in what would be the first time since 2010 that three people are put to death on the same day in the United States.”
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Multiple independent news sources confirm that Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma were scheduled to execute inmates via lethal injection on the same day, marking the first such occurrence since 2010.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — To date, twenty-four people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2026, all by lethal injection. Harold Gene Lucas, one of Florida's longest-serving prisoners on death row, was executed nea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Tennessee River is a 652-mile-long (1,049 km) river located in the southeastern United States. Flowing through the Tennessee Valley in the states of Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, and Kentucky, …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_River
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Tennessee Volunteers football rivalries refers to the college football rivalries for the University of Tennessee in the sport of college football. As one of college football's winningest teams, and a …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Volunteers_football_…
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Claim 10: “Eleven states carried out executions in 2025.”
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One web search result mentions 'Eleven states carried out executions in 2025', but this is not corroborated by any other independent source in the provided evidence.
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Claim 11: “He was sentenced to death the following year, and despite winning a new sentencing hearing, was again sentenced to death in 1989.”
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The claim is confirmed by a cross-reference (Nypost) and multiple web search results stating Hines was sentenced to death in 1986 and again in 1989 after a re-sentencing appeal.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Harold Wayne Nichols (December 31, 1960 – December 11, 2025) was an American serial rapist and convicted murderer who was executed in Tennessee for the 1988 rape and murder of 20-year-old Karen Pulley…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harold_Wayne_Nichols
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — To date, twenty-four people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2026, all by lethal injection. Harold Gene Lucas, one of Florida's longest-serving prisoners on death row, was executed nea…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_people_executed_in_the…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Kamarie Holland (November 23, 2016 – December 13, 2021) was a five-year-old American girl residing in Columbus, Georgia, who was reported missing after being last seen at her home on December 13, 2021…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_of_Kamarie_Holland
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Claim 12: “Williams pleaded guilty to the charges, declined to appeal and asked for his death sentence to be carried out.”
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Multiple sources confirm that Williams pleaded guilty, waived his right to appeal, and requested that his death sentence be carried out.
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web search NEUTRAL — Johnson found Williams competent to waive his appeals and his right to appellate counsel. The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Williams' murder conviction in March after an automatic appeal du…
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/al-supreme-court-deci…
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web search NEUTRAL — Williams asked Alabama to speed up his execution after the Alabama Court of Appeals upheld his conviction and death sentence. He dismissed his legal team and filed the request himself, moving his case…
https://blacknews.com/news/jeremy-williams-man-convicted-rap…
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web search NEUTRAL — Williams pleaded guilty to the charges and requested the death penalty when he was sentenced in April 2024. He is set to die by lethal injection Thursday evening.
https://wjla.com/news/nation-world/father-barred-execution-5…
info Disclaimer: This analysis is generated by AI and should be used as a starting point for critical thinking, not as definitive truth. Claims are verified against publicly available sources. Always consult the original article and additional sources for complete context.