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Florida Executes Two on Same Day | Global News
- Published
- July 28, 2026
- Duration
- 1:33
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- Last updated
- Jul 29, 2026
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Florida executed two men in one day — a rare move since 2017 — as Governor Ron DeSantis pushes the state’s death penalty machine to unprecedented levels. James Aren Duckett, 68, was put to death for raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1987, while Dominick Anthony Occhicone, 80, became the second-oldest person executed since the death penalty’s ret…
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Florida executed two men in one day — a rare move since 2017 — as Governor Ron DeSantis pushes the state’s death penalty machine to unprecedented levels. James Aren Duckett, 68, was put to death for raping and murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1987, while Dominick Anthony Occhicone, 80, became the second-oldest person executed since the death penalty’s return, for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents in 1986. Both had exhausted all legal appeals, including U.S. Supreme Court denials. Duckett’s tea
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