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Florida just executed its oldest inmate ever — Dominick Occhicone, 80 — for a 1986 double murder he committed while trying to win back his ex-girlfriend. He shot and killed her parents, Raymond and Martha Artzner, before they could escape. The crime was nearly 40 years ago, and Occhicone, who claimed it wasn’t planned, spent decades on death row. His final appeal was denied by the Florida Supreme Court, making him the second-oldest person executed in U.S. history. Even more shocking: he was executed just six hours after another inmate, marking the first time Florida carried out two executions in one day since 1964. Governor Ron DeSantis has pushed for faster justice, and while executions nationwide are down, Florida has led the country in lethal injections since 2025.

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