Ex-cop James Duckett's chilling two words before Florida lethal injection execution

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

Florida has become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in one day, putting to death an ex-police officer convicted of murder and only the second octogenarian known to receive a lethal injection in modern U.S. history

Governor Ron DeSantis has made the state’s death chamber the nation’s busiest at the end of his final term A former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a young girl was put to death on Tuesday, the first of two lethal injections planned for a single day in Florida, hours before an 80-year-old man

Since the beginning of 2025, Florida has carried out nearly half the state executions nationwide.

Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out a double execution in one day with the lethal injections of a child murderer and an octogenarian.

Florida is set to become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in a single day, planning lethal injections Tuesday for an ex-police officer convicted of a young girl’s murder and an octogenarian who would be the second-oldest inmate put to death in modern U.S. history.

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

Florida is set to put two inmates to death hours apart on Tuesday, marking the first time since 2017 that a state has scheduled two executions in a single day