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Florida becomes first state in nearly a decade to execute two people on same day
State kills Dominick Occhicone, 80, and James Duckett, 68, as Ron DeSantis pushes executions before term ends Florida 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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State kills Dominick Occhicone, 80, and James Duckett, 68, as Ron DeSantis pushes executions before term ends Florida 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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According to The Guardian’s linked report, Florida becomes first state in nearly a decade to execute two people on same day, State kills Dominick Occhicone, 80, and James Duckett, 68, as Ron DeSantis pushes executions before term ends Florida 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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