Tennessee, Alabama, and Oklahoma plan to execute inmates on the same day this week. That would make Thursday the first time in nearly 16 years that three executions occur on the same day in the U.S.

Florida executed two convicted murderers Tuesday after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected their final appeals, marking the state’s first double execution since 1964. The court denied two separate ...

James Duckett is scheduled to be executed for the 1987 murder of an 11-year-old girl, despite maintaining his innocence. Duckett's execution is part of Florida's first scheduled double execution in 62 ...

Both men had been convicted of murder in the 1980s. One had maintained his innocence, while the other became the second octogenarian to be put to death in the U.S. in the last 50 years. By Nicholas ...

James Duckett, a former police officer, is scheduled for execution for a 1987 murder and sexual assault. This is part of Florida's first scheduled double execution in 62 years, drawing national media ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida carried out the second of two executions in one day at 6 p.m. on July 28, by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near ...

Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The Florida Supreme Court denied appeals for both ...

Florida's first known execution occurred in 1827, and the state later adopted the electric chair in 1923. Under Gov. Ron DeSantis, Florida set a new record in 2025 with 19 executions in a single year.

After months of legal maneuvering and procedural delays, Gov. Ron DeSantis has re-scheduled the execution of death row inmate James Duckett — a former Mascotte police officer who pushed for what ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida is planning to carry out two executions on the same day for the first time in more than six decades as the state cements ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday evening signed a new death warrant for James Aren Duckett after the Florida Supreme Court lifted its stay of the former Mascotte police officer's previously scheduled ...

Read full article: DNA must be analyzed in James Duckett murder case, Florida Supreme Court rules Volusia County deputies said that Jaden Joseph Brooks, 18, was responsible for damaging a Flock ...