Florida executes first of two men in rare double execution on single day
Gov. Ron DeSantis is accelerating executions, with Florida carrying out 30 of the 65 U.S. executions since January 2025, USA TODAY found.
- On Tuesday, July 28, 2026, Florida executed James Aren Duckett, 68, by lethal injection at Florida State Prison, pronouncing him dead at 1:19 p.m. as the first of two inmates scheduled for execution that day.
- This marked Florida's first double execution since 1964 after Gov. Ron DeSantis added Duckett to the execution date for Dominick Anthony Occhicone following the Florida Supreme Court's removal of a stay on July 8.
- Scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, Occhicone faces execution for a 1986 murder, with critics arguing his age and ailments—including kidney and prostate problems—raise humanitarian concerns about the state's aggressive capital punishment strategy.
- Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty executive director Grace Hanna stated the governor is "increasingly treating executions as routine instruments of political power," citing political ambition ahead of the 2028 presidential election.
- According to USA TODAY analysis, Florida has carried out 46% of all U.S. executions since January 2025 under DeSantis. The state executed 71% of 24 inmates aged at least 62 since 2025, reflecting aggressive focus on aging death-row inmates.
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Florida puts ex-police officer to death for girl’s rape and murder
James Aren Duckett, a former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a young girl, was put to death Tuesday, the first of two lethal injections planned for a single day in Florida.
Florida puts ex-police officer to death for girl’s murder, first of 2 executions set for single day - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a young girl was put to death Tuesday, the...
Florida puts ex-police officer to death for girl’s murder in first of back-to-back executions
STARKE, Fla. — A former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a young girl was put to death Tuesday, the first of two lethal injections planned for a single day in Florida, hours before an 80-year-old man was to become the second-oldest inmate executed in modern U.S. history.
Supreme Court Clears Way for Rare Florida Double Execution - Internewscast Journal
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Supreme Court denies stays for two Florida death row inmates, clearing path for rare double execution – Democratic Accent
The U.S. Supreme Court denied stays for two Florida death row inmates scheduled to be executed Tuesday, clearing the way for the state to execute the 11th and 12th inmates this year. The court denied two separate requests for stays in the planned executions. Former police officer James Duckett, 68, had been scheduled to die at noon on Tuesday, but the execution was delayed awaiting results of the stay requests before the Supreme Court. THOMAS UN…
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