Occhicone was convicted of double murder in 1987 for killing his former girlfriend’s parents, Raymond & Martha Artzner.
The scheduling of 2 executions – both via lethal injection – in one day comes as #Florida has accelerated its pace of executions, even as other states have abolished or paused the practice.
Under the admin of #Republican Gov #RonDeSantis, #Florida executed 19 death row inmates in 2025 – a record high, & more than double the state’s previous record in modern history, according to DPIC. It has already put 10 prisoners to death this year.
“This administration is the most active #DeathPenalty administration we’ve ever seen,” Maria DeLiberato, senior counsel at the ACLU’s #CapitalPunishment Project, told CNN.