Florida executed two convicted murderers Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected their final appeals, marking the state’s first double execution since 1964. The court denied two separate ...

Florida has put to death two inmates in what's now the state's first double execution in more than 60 years amid an aggressive death penalty push by Gov. Ron DeSantis. James Duckett, a 68-year-old ...

Two Florida inmates, James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone, are scheduled for a double execution on July 28. Attorneys have filed emergency motions, arguing the double execution increases the risk of a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida has put to death two inmates in what's now the state's first double execution in more than 60 years amid an aggressive ...

Rights groups condemn secrecy surrounding killings and say hurry to execute raises chance of ‘torturous’ deaths Florida is preparing on Tuesday to carry out the state’s first double execution within a ...

Florida carried out the second of two executions in one day at 6 p.m. on July 28, by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. It was the first time since 1964 that Florida executed two ...

James Duckett is scheduled to be executed for the 1987 murder of an 11-year-old girl, despite maintaining his innocence. Duckett's execution is part of Florida's first scheduled double execution in 62 ...

Florida carried out a rare double execution Tuesday, putting two men to death — just under six hours apart — for the first time in 62 years as the state continued its historic pace of executions under ...

The two men set to be put to death were both convicted of murder The Palm Beach Post/TNS via ZUMA Press Wire/Shutterstock The state of Florida is scheduled to execute two people on the same day, per ...

WASHINGTON (CN) — The Supreme Court allowed Florida to proceed with a rare double execution on Tuesday, permitting the state to carry out its 11th and 12th death sentences this year. Republican ...

A federal judge in Jacksonville today denied a last-minute appeal by death row inmate James Duckett to halt his execution so that several items of clothing and scrapings from under the victim’s ...

James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone were both put to death Tuesday for separate murder cases from the 1980s. James Duckett, left, and Dominick Occhicone, right, are both scheduled to be executed ...