Florida puts 80-year-old man to death for a double murder, hours after executing ex-police officer for a girl’s killing

Florida puts 80-year-old man to death for a double murder, hours after executing ex-police officer for a girl’s killing

STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A former police officer convicted of the on-duty rape and murder of a young girl was put to death Tuesday, the first of two lethal injections planned for a single day in Florida, hours before an 80-year-old man was to become the second-oldest inmate executed in modern U.S. histor

It has been nearly a decade since any state carried out two executions in one day.

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 puts ex-police officer to death for girl’s murder, first of 2 executions set for single day  CNN