Death freeze. Two executions are scheduled for Thursday.

Following recent botched executions, U.S. correctional services are set to carry out death sentences using lethal injection. Two executions are scheduled in Texas and Oklahoma. John Allen Rubio, convicted of murdering three children in Texas in 2003, is set to be executed. In Oklahoma, James Dwight Pravatt, sentenced for the 2001 murder of Rob Andrew, will also face execution. Public support for the death penalty in the U.S. is declining, with recent polls indicating only 49% approval, the lowest in 55 years. If carried out, these executions will mark the 36th and 37th in the U.S. this year.