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Florida Executes Two Death Row Inmates | Dover News
Florida is set to carry out two death row executions on the same day for the first time in over 60 years—July 28—with James Duckett, 68, facing the chair at noon and Dominick Occhicone, 80, at 6 PM. Duckett, a former police officer convicted of raping and drowning an 11-year-old in 1987, saw his execution delayed after inconclusive DNA testing—his lawyer calls the state’s handling of evidence shameful and maintains his innocence. Occhicone, the oldest inmate to be executed in Florida and one of the oldest in U.S. history, was convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 1986. Governor…
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