Anti-Death Penalty Advocates Decry Florida’s Increased Pace of Executions as State Plans to Put 2 Men to Death in One Day
- Florida scheduled the executions of former police officer James Duckett, 68, and 80-year-old Dominick Occhicone for Tuesday, July 28, marking the state's first double execution in more than 60 years.
- Governor Ron DeSantis has ramped up executions under his administration, with Florida executing 19 inmates in 2025 and 10 so far this year, according to DPIC data.
- Father Dustin Feddon, a Catholic priest ministering to death row inmates, called the double execution 'a kind of rupture to the system,' while both men face ongoing legal challenges to their death warrants.
- Attorneys for both men filed a joint federal lawsuit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 arguing that executing two people in six hours violates constitutional protections and risks staff fatigue and chemical preparation errors.
- Maria DeLiberato, senior counsel at the ACLU's Capital Punishment Project, criticized the process as 'not' transparent, while advocates organized vigils at Florida State Prison to oppose the executions.
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‘Victim-Driven’: Florida ramps up executions of its longest-serving death-row prisoners
Florida on Tuesday will execute two prisoners on the same day in a nearly unprecedented move that underscores the state's rush to clear a backlog of death row inmates who have delayed punishment for decades.
Attorneys for Florida death row inmates seek stays of execution from U.S. Supreme Court
James Aren Duckett, 68, is scheduled to be executed at noon Tuesday. He has spent more than three decades on death row after being convicted of murdering 11-year-old Teresa McAbee in 1987. Six hours later, Dominick Occhicone, 80, is scheduled to be executed after being convicted of a double murder in 1987 of his girlfriend’s parents, Martha and Raymond Artzner. Their attorneys have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to intervene. (Photo by Al Drago/G…
Two Florida death row inmates are scheduled to be executed a few hours apart on Tuesday, which would mark the first time in more than six decades that the state executes several people in Florida.
2 men scheduled to be put to death in Florida Tuesday in rare double executions
Two Florida death row inmates are scheduled to be executed hours apart on Tuesday, which would mark the first time in more than six decades the state puts to death multiple people within a single day, as state officials continue to ramp up executions.
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