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 Executes Man Who Killed Teen 50 Years Ago
A man convicted of killing a teenage girl who rejected his romantic advances and wounding two of her friends was put to death Tuesday in the first of three executions planned this month in Florida. Harold Gene Lucas, 74, was pronounced dead at 6:18pm following a three-drug injection at...
Florida monster who slaughtered teen girl scheduled to be killed — 14th execution this year
Harold Gene Lucas, 74, was scheduled to be put down with a three-drug cocktail at 6 p.m. at Florida State Prison near Starke at 6 p.m.. The decrepit killer was convicted of the 1976 murder of Jill Piper, 16, after she swatted away his romantic advances.
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