Man, 74, set to be oldest inmate executed in modern Florida history | AP News
- MIAMI (AP) — Florida was again preparing Tuesday to execute one of its oldest death row prisoners in history, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who is one of three older inmates set to die in the span of a month in the nation’s busiest death penalty state.
- Dennis Sochor, who has been on death row since the 1980s, would become the oldest inmate Florida has executed in history — at least for now.
- Later this month, Florida is also set to execute an 80-year-old prisoner who would be the state’s first octogenarian to receive the death penalty.
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- MIAMI (AP) — Florida was again preparing Tuesday to execute one of its oldest death row prisoners in history, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who is one of three older inmates set to die in the span of a month in the nation’s busiest death penalty state.
- Dennis Sochor, who has been on death row since the 1980s, would become the oldest inmate Florida has executed in history — at least for now.
- Later this month, Florida is also set to execute an 80-year-old prisoner who would be the state’s first octogenarian to receive the death penalty.
Sources: AP, The Independent