US death-penalty revival: three inmates scheduled for same-day executions

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US death-penalty revival: three inmates scheduled for same-day executions
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Three inmates—Anthony Darrell Hines (Tennessee), Jeremy Williams (Alabama) and Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez (Oklahoma)—are slated for execution on Thursday, signaling a rise in U.S. capital punishment as Florida drives much of the surge under Gov. Ron DeSantis; the trend comes amid waning public support for the death penalty and a drop in the number of death sentences nationwide.

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