Entries tagged with “Dennis Sochor”

Executions

Jul 09, 2026

Article of Interest: A Close Look at Florida’s Execution Spree

A June 30 arti­cle by Pamela Colloff, co-pub­­lished in *ProPublica* and *The New York Times Magazine*, inves­ti­gates Florida’s record-set­t­ing pace of exe­cu­tions over the past 18 months, even as the rest of the coun­try large­ly​“aban­dons” the death penal­ty. Ms. Colloff uses data from the Death Penalty Information Center (DPI) to empha­size Florida’s out­lier sta­tus, while explor­ing the polit­i­cal impli­ca­tions of the exe­cu­tion spree and its impact on the peo­ple involved. As DPI…

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Jun 30, 2026

Florida Executes Oldest Prisoner in Modern State History and is Set to Break That Record Once Again

Florida exe­cut­ed Dusty Ray Spencer on June 25, 2026, mak­ing him the old­est per­son put to death in the state since the rein­state­ment of cap­i­tal pun­ish­ment in 1976. Mr. Spencer, 74, was the ninth per­son exe­cut­ed in Florida in 2026, fol­low­ing a record of 19 exe­cu­tions in 2025. The state has sched­uled two exe­cu­tions for July: Dennis Sochor, 74, is sched­uled to be exe­cut­ed on July 14 for the 1981 mur­der of Patricia Gifford in Broward County; Dominick Occhicone, 80, is…