Florida becomes first state in nearly a decade to execute two people on same day

Florida executed two men on Tuesday, the first time a state has carried out two executions in a single day in nearly a decade. Eighty-year-old Dominick Occhicone, one of the oldest inmates ever put to death in the modern era, was executed hours after James Duckett, a sixty-eight-year-old former police officer convicted of killing a young girl. The Guardian reports the pace reflects Governor Ron DeSantis pushing to carry out executions before his term ends.

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