Three states just carried out executions on the exact same day
The American justice system just had its busiest Thursday in sixteen years, with three separate lethal injections wrapping up before dinner.
Oklahoma kicked things off Thursday morning by executing 70-year-old Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, who notably told the parole board that he didn't even deserve clemency. Roughly thirty minutes later, Tennessee executed 66-year-old Anthony Darrell Hines, despite his defense arguing that the state's execution team has a sketchy track record with finding veins.
By evening, Alabama wrapped the marathon by putting down 42-year-old Jeremy Williams, who told his attorneys not to bother defending him or filing appeals. This marks the first time since 2010 that three US states carried out executions on the exact same day.
While state officials rushed out statements declaring that justice had finally been served, abolition groups quickly pointed out that dragging out capital cases costs taxpayers significantly more than just locking someone up for life.
Capital punishment might be slowly fading across the country, but a handful of states are clearly determined to keep the assembly line moving.
Source: Death Penalty Information Center
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