Alarm as Florida rushes to carry out ‘incredibly rare’ double execution
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Florida is scheduled to execute two inmates on the same day for the first time since 1976. James Duckett, 68, and Dominick Occhicone, 80, are to receive lethal injections six hours apart at the state prison near Starke. Rights groups have criticized the lack of transparency and the accelerated schedule, warning that the haste could lead to unnecessary suffering.
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James Duckett, 68, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at noon on Tuesday at Florida state prison near Starke.
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Dominick Occhicone, 80, is scheduled to die by lethal injection six hours later.
The Guardian- Execution method is lethal injection.
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Loaded language removed<p>Rights groups condemn secrecy surrounding killings and say hurry to execute raises chance of ‘torturous’ deaths</p><p>Florida is preparing on Tuesday to carry out the state’s first double execution within a single day since the start of the modern era of the US death penalty in 1976.</p><p>Barring last-minute legal intervention, James Duckett, 68, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at noon on Tuesday at Florida state prison near Starke.
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Dominick Occhicone, 80, is scheduled to die by lethal injection six hours later.
The GuardianFlorida is preparing to carry out its first double execution within a single day since 1976.
The GuardianJames Duckett, 68, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at noon on Tuesday at Florida state prison near Starke.
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