Florida executed two death row inmates, James Duckett and Dominick Occhicone, on Tuesday in the state's first double execution in nearly a decade. The state has now carried out 11 and 12 executions this year, respectively, following the U.S. Supreme Court's denial of their appeals and requests for stays.
Duckett, 68, a former police officer, was executed for the 1987 rape and murder of an 11-year-old girl near Orlando. His last meal consisted of eggs, grits, bacon, biscuits, and chocolate milk.
Occhicone, 80, who was the state's oldest prisoner in modern history to be executed, died for the 1986 murders of his ex-girlfriend's parents in Holiday. He requested eggplant parmesan, a salad, garlic bread, and a Pepsi for his final meal.
The last time Florida conducted back-to-back executions on the same day was in 1964. The most recent instance of a state carrying out multiple executions on a single day was Arkansas in April 2017.