Detroit Tigers' Eduardo Valencia reacts to his home run against the Cleveland Guardians during the sixth inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Detroit Tigers pitcher Keider Montero throws against the Cleveland Guardians during the first inning of a baseball game Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

In this photo provided by NASA, Helga and Zohar, two female manikins in the Matroshka AstroRad Radiation Experiment investigation, undergo post-flight payload inspections, Jan. 17, 2023, inside the Space Station Processing Facility at Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida. (Kim Shiflett/NASA via AP)

The chart above shows the number of U.S. executions each year since 1977. (AP Digital Embed)

Jeremy Williams, 42, shown here in this undated photo from the Alabama Department of Corrections, was executed Aug. 13, 2026 in Atmore, Ala. for the 2021 rape and murder of 5-year-old Kamarie Holland. (Alabama Department of Corrections via AP)

The chart above shows the number of U.S. executions in 2026 by state. (AP Digital Embed)

This Aug. 18, 2025, photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows Carlos Cuesta-Rodriguez, who was sentenced to death for the 2003 fatal shooting of his girlfriend. (Oklahoma Department of Corrections via AP)

This undated photo, courtesy of the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC), shows death row inmate Anthony Darrell Hines at an unknown location in Tennessee. (TDOC Communications via AP)