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

https://mins.news/en/item/20968

- Al Jazeera, 2026-08-13 08:13 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/13/three-us-states-to-hold-executions-on-same-day-for-first-time-since-2010?traffic_source=rss

> Tennessee, Alabama and Oklahoma are scheduled to execute three inmates by lethal injection on the same day, which would be the first such occurrence in the United States since 2010. All three were sentenced to death for murder. The executions come amid steadily declining US support for capital punishment.

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