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CRIMEJul 28 · 15:07 UTCWPLG LOCAL 10 MIAMIBy DAVID FISCHER, Associated Press

Second octogenarian in modern US history faces lethal injection as Florida set to execute 2 in a day

Florida plans to execute two inmates in a single day, including an 80-year-old man who would be the second-oldest executed in modern U.S. history. Both men, James Aren Duckett and Dominick Anthony Occhicone, had their appeals denied by the Florida Supreme Court, with Duckett's case involving inconclusive DNA evidence and Occhicone's defense citing age-related health concerns.

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