Florida becomes first state in nearly a decade to execute two people on same day

Source: www.theguardian.com · Section: headlines · Bias: Center-Left · Published: Tue, 28 Jul 2026 23:16:16 GMT

State kills Dominick Occhicone, 80, and James Duckett, 68, as Ron DeSantis pushes executions before term endsFlorida on Tuesday became the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, putting to death an 80-year-old man who was the second-oldest inmate known to receive a lethal injection in modern US history.Hours earlier, the state executed a former police officer convicted of the killing of a young girl. Continue reading...

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