Florida executes 2 prisoners in a day, including an 80-year-old man

This week's lethal injections were the first nearly back-to-back executions since Arkansas put two men to death three hours apart in 2017.

2 min readJul 29, 2026 02:15 PM IST Law enforcement vehicles sit parked outside the Florida state prison in Starke, Fla., on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (AP Photo)Florida on Tuesday became the first US state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions on the same day, executing an 80-year-old death row inmate hours afte

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