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Florida prepares to execute two elderly men — 68-year-old James Duckett, convicted for raping and drowning an 11-year-old girl while a police officer, and 80-year-old Dominick Occhicone, convicted for killing his ex-girlfriend’s parents — on the same day, marking the 11th and 12th executions of 2025. Both appeals were denied by the Florida Supreme Court, with Duckett’s team challenging DNA evidence and Occhicone’s attorneys arguing his age makes execution cruel and unusual. With Governor DeSantis nearing the end of his term, his administration has overseen 19 executions in 2025 alone — a record — and if these go through, Florida will hit 31 executions in his final two years. The state says it’s honoring victims’ families after decades of waiting, though advocates call it an unprecedented escalation, questioning whether it reflects public opinion.

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