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Florida executes first of two men in rare double execution on single day
Duckett was the 11th inmate executed in Florida this year as the state prepared a second lethal injection hours later.
- 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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Båda är dömda for mord. Now it's the day. Florida has a great sedan sedan 1964.
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Florida carries out first double execution in six decades as US death toll mounts
Florida on Tuesday carried out its first double execution in more than 60 years. The pairing of the two executions, ordered six hours apart by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, is itself a marker of the pace at which the state has been killing its prisoners.
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