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Duckett’s Execution Set for July 28 | Orlando News
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Florida’s governor has set July 28th as the execution date for James Duckett, convicted nearly 40 years ago for the murder and sexual battery of 11-year-old Teresa McAbee — whose body was found in a lake and whose fingerprints were found on Duckett’s patrol car. Despite years of appeals and a previous stay for DNA testing, inconclusive results have cleared the way for the execution to proceed. Duckett, a former police officer from Mascotte, had hoped DNA evidence would exonerate him — a plea backed by the Catholic Bishops Conference. He’ll be one of two men executed that day, including Dominick Occhiocone, marking Duckett’s potential execution as Florida’s 11th this year.
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