Florida executed two men on the same day — a rare and shocking move — sending shockwaves across the nation. James Duckett, 68, a former cop convicted of murdering an 11-year-old girl in 1987, and Dominick Occhione, 80, who killed his fiancée’s parents in 1986, became the 11th and 12th victims of the state’s lethal injection machine this year — making Florida the most active execution state in America. Duckett, who never admitted guilt, was pronounced dead at 1:19 PM; Occhione, the oldest person executed in Florida in over a century, followed at 6:13 PM. Governor Ron DeSantis, whose administration has overseen a record spike in executions, insists justice must move forward — even as victims’ families, after decades of anguish, finally feel closure. Occhione offered a final apology before his death, while Duckett’s last-ditch DNA appeals were denied. Twelve executions this year — more than all other states combined — underscore a chilling new normal in Florida’s justice system.
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