Octogenarian to become the second-oldest inmate put to death in modern US history
- Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day.
- James Aren Duckett, 68, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at noon at Florida State Prison near Starke, followed later that day by 80-year-old Dominick Anthony Occhicone, who would also become the oldest prisoner executed in Florida's modern history.
- Duckett was convicted of raping and drowning an 11-year-old girl while working as a police officer in a small central Florida city in 1987, and Occhicone was convicted of the 1986 killings of his ex-girlfriend’s parents.
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- Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day.
- James Aren Duckett, 68, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at noon at Florida State Prison near Starke, followed later that day by 80-year-old Dominick Anthony Occhicone, who would also become the oldest prisoner executed in Florida's modern history.
- Duckett was convicted of raping and drowning an 11-year-old girl while working as a police officer in a small central Florida city in 1987, and Occhicone was convicted of the 1986 killings of his ex-girlfriend’s parents.
Sources: The Independent