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)

Katherine Dix, left, attorney for Anthony Darrell Hines, joined by his spiritual advisor Diana Gallaher, speaks after the execution of Hines at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, Tenn., Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Dennis Jenkins, left, son of murder victim Catherine Jean Jenkins, speaks outside Riverbend Maximum Security Institution following the execution of Anthony Darrell Hines Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Soldiers clear debris three days after an earthquake struck Cali, Colombia, Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Ivan Valencia)