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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Ex-cop James Duckett gets lethal injection for rape, murder of 11-year-old girl — as Florida gears up for double-execution day
Former police officer James Duckett, 68, died by lethal injection at 1.19 p.m. Tuesday at Florida state prison near Starke for raping and drowning an 11-year-old girl in 1987.
Florida puts ex-police officer to death for girl’s murder, first of 2 executions set for single day
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.
Florida Executes James Duckett At Noon Ahead Of Scheduled Execution Of Dominick Occhicone - Tampa Free Press
The State of Florida executed 68-year-old James Duckett by lethal injection at noon today at Florida State Prison, carrying out the first phase of a historic
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