Florida Executes 74-Year-Old Harold Lucas, 14th Death Row Execution of 2025

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Source: The Guardian
Florida Executes 74-Year-Old Harold Lucas, 14th Death Row Execution of 2025
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Florida carried out its 14th execution of 2025, executing 74-year-old Harold Gene Lucas for the 1976 murder of 16-year-old Jill Piper and the wounding of two friends; Lucas, who spent about 50 years on death row, waived appeals and died at 6:18 pm from a three-drug lethal injection, as Florida remains the nation's leading executor this year with two more planned later this month.

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