Tennessee and Oklahoma put men to death as US states schedule 3 executions for the same day

Tennessee and Oklahoma put inmates to death within 30 minutes of each other Thursday as U.S. states scheduled three lethal injection executions in one day.The Tennessee man was executed for killing a maid at a motel in 1985 and the Oklahoma man for killing his girlfriend in 2003. In Alabama, a man is scheduled to die later for killing of a 5-year-old girl he paid her mother to abuse.The last time three executions were held on the same day was Jan.

7, 2010, when Louisiana, Ohio and Texas put inmates to death. Three executions were scheduled on the same day in 2018, but only one went forward after a Texas man was granted a reprieve and prison officials in Alabama had problems with the IV line.Florida executed two men on the same day in July and has put 31 prisoners to death since the start of 2025.Oklahoma prisoner said he regretted 2003 killing of girlfriendCarlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, 70, died by lethal injection at the state’s penitentiary in rural McAlester, Oklahoma. He was the third person put to death this year in Oklahoma and the 20th under Republican Gov.

Kevin Stitt, who leaves office in January after eight years.Cuesta-Rodriguez turned his head to look at his two relatives who attended and mouthed “I love you” but said he had no last words.His breathing was labored for several minutes before he was pronounced dead at 10:13 a.m. CDT.Convicted of fatally shooting his girlfriend at their Oklahoma City home in 2003, Cuesta-Rodriguez had said he regretted killing Olimpia Fisher and told a board he didn't want clemency.Fisher, 43, planned to leave Cuesta-Rodriguez when he shot her in one eye and then waited about eight minutes as she screamed for help before firing the fatal shot into her other eye.Fisher’s daughters, Cinthya Allen and Katya Wallis, said they hope the execution brings awareness to preventing domestic violence and they honor their mother by "raising our families to reflect the love and faith in God that she taught us.”“Our faith in Jesus has allowed us to forgive,” they said a statement. They did not attend the execution.Last month, the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted 3-1 against recommending clemency for Cuesta-Rodriguez.

His attorneys had asked the board to recommend he serve life in prison, saying he had a difficult childhood in Cuba and suffered from brain damage, post-traumatic stress disorder and major depression with psychotic e…