States schedule same-day executions
Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are scheduled to carry out executions on the same day, which would be the first time in nearly 16 years that three people are executed in the United States on a single day.
The last instance of three executions on the same date was Jan. 7, 2010, when Louisiana, Ohio and Texas each carried out an execution. The report also notes that 2026 has already seen 19 executions across four states, with Florida accounting for two on the same day in July.
An earlier attempt in 2018 to have three executions on one day did not fully materialize. One Texas execution was delayed by a reprieve and an Alabama execution was disrupted by an IV-line complication.
Key Events
- Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma scheduled executions on the same day.
- The date would mark the first three-state execution day in the U.S. since January 7, 2010.
- So far in 2026, 19 executions have been carried out across four states.
- Florida carried out two executions on the same day in July.
- An earlier 2018 plan for three same-day executions was reduced to one because of a reprieve in Texas and an IV-line problem in Alabama.