Escalation: Tennessee, Oklahoma, Alabama converge on same execution day
Oklahoma put Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez to death at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He was 70.
The execution was for the 2003 killing of Olimpia Fisher in Oklahoma City. He was convicted in Oklahoma County of shooting and killing her.
Accounts differ on how Fisher was described in case records and coverage: either as Cuesta-Rodriguez’s common-law wife or as his ex-girlfriend.
His execution came on a day when multiple states set executions. Tennessee also carried out an execution, and Alabama had one scheduled later, marking the first time since 2010 that three U.S. executions were slated for the same day.
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