Death row inmate's chilling last words before Florida's first double execution in 60 years

Former police officer James Aren Duckett said nothing before his execution in Florida on Tuesday — hours later, 80-year-old Dominick Occhicone was also put to death, making it the state's first double execution in over six decades

Florida carried out a rare double execution on Tuesday, putting James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone to death.

James Aren Duckett, a former Florida police officer, was executed by lethal injection on Thursday after being convicted of raping and murdering 11-year-old Teresa McAbee in 1987 while serving as a law enforcement officer in central Florida

The double executions day is Florida's first since 1964, when Blake Emmett and Dawson Sie were both executed in the electric chair

James Aren Duckett, 68, was confirmed dead early on Tuesday in the wake of a lethal injection cocktail of three drugs at Florida state prison near Starke

On day of double executions, Florida Catholic leaders call for end to death penalty  Miami Herald

The Supreme Court denied stays of execution for two Florida death row inmates, clearing the way for the state's first double execution since 1964.

Double execution: First of 2 inmates is put to death in Florida  USA Today

2 men scheduled to be put to death in Florida Tuesday in rare double executions  CNN