Overview

• Gregory Hunt, 65, is set to be executed Tuesday in Alabama by nitrogen hypoxia for the 1988 murder of Karen Lane
• Florida inmate Anthony Wainwright faces lethal injection Tuesday for the 1994 abduction and murder of Carmen Gayheart
• South Carolina plans to execute Stephen Stanko by lethal injection Friday for the 1997 slaying of Laura Ling
• Oklahoma’s scheduled death of John Fitzgerald Hanson was halted by a stay Monday that the state attorney general is challenging
• This week’s four executions contribute to a broader upswing in U.S. capital punishment use and intensify debate over execution methods