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Florida Set to Execute Two Men | Annapolis News
Florida prepares to execute two men, James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone, on the same day — a rare move that underscores the state’s escalating use of capital punishment. Duckett, 68, convicted in 1987 for raping and drowning an 11-year-old girl while a police officer, faces execution despite his legal team’s claims of innocence and questions over mishandled DNA evidence. Occhicone, 80, convicted for murdering his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 1986, has attorneys arguing his age and health make the execution cruel and unusual. Both appeals were denied by Florida’s Supreme Court, with pending…
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