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Florida set to carry out 14th execution this year in the nation’s busiest death chamber
Lucas waived further appeals after decades on death row, and Florida has carried out 13 executions this year, with two more scheduled later in September.
- On Tuesday, Florida is set to execute Harold Gene Lucas, 74, at Florida State Prison, making him the 14th person put to death in the state this year.
- Lucas, who worked for the family of 16-year-old Jill Piper, shot her and two friends in 1976 after she ended their relationship; he has waived all final appeals.
- Republican Governor Ron DeSantis has signed 42 death warrants since taking office, while Lucas faced five sentencing proceedings over 15 years before the Florida Supreme Court affirmed his sentence.
- Protesters plan a vigil outside Florida State Prison starting at 5 p.m., while the state will carry out a three-drug lethal injection protocol beginning at 6 p.m.
- Two additional executions are planned for later this month: Daniel Owen Conahan Jr., 72, is scheduled for September 10, and Curtis Wilkie Beasley, 77, on September 29.
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Florida to execute man who killed 16-year-old, shot her friends in 14th execution this year
Harold Gene Lucas was sentenced to death — and resentenced to death four more times — after being convicted of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted first-degree murder for the deadly 1976 attack on Jill Piper and the wounding of her friends, Richard Byrd Jr. and Terri Rice.
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The Seattle TimesFlorida set to carry out 14th execution this year in the nation’s busiest death chamber
MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends is set to be executed Tuesday in the first of three lethal injections scheduled this month…
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Florida set to carry out 14th execution this year in the nation's busiest death chamber
A Florida man convicted of fatally shooting a 16-year-old girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends is set to be executed.
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