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Florida Executes Duane Owen for 1984 Murders of Babysitter and Single Mother.

Duane Owen, who was convicted of the 1984 rape and murder of a 14-year-old babysitter and a 38-year-old single mother, was executed by lethal injection in Florida. Owen declined to make a final statement before his execution. Family members of the victims were present for the execution. Owen had been on death row since his convictions, and despite decades of appeals and insanity defenses, Gov. Ron DeSantis signed his death warrant this year. Florida is one of 27 states where the death penalty remains in place.

via CNN|

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Florida Executes Duane Owen for 1984 Murder of Babysitter and Mother

Duane Owen was executed in Florida for the murders of Karen Slattery and Georgianna Worden. Owen was found guilty of raping and stabbing Slattery, a 14-year-old babysitter, and raping and bludgeoning Worden, a 38-year-old executive secretary and single mother of two. Owen's last meal was a bacon cheeseburger without a bun, onion rings, strawberries, a vanilla milkshake, and coffee. His attorneys argued that he was mentally incompetent, but the state Supreme Court rejected that argument. Florida is one of 24 states where the death penalty remains in place.

via Palm Beach Post|

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Florida Executes Duane Owen for 1984 Murders.

Duane Owen, who was convicted of raping and murdering a 14-year-old babysitter and a 38-year-old mother of two in separate attacks in 1984, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison. He was one of Florida's longest-held death row inmates and was sentenced to death for the two attacks. Owen's lawyers argued that he shouldn't be executed on grounds of insanity, but the state Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his latest appeal. The execution was witnessed by 20 people, including eight media representatives.

via South Florida Sun Sentinel|

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Duane Owen to be executed in Florida for 1984 murders and rapes.

Duane Owen is set to be executed in Florida for the 1984 bludgeoning death of Georgianna Worden and the stabbing death of 14-year-old Karen Slattery. His last-minute appeal was denied by the U.S. Supreme Court. Owen's last meal was a bacon cheeseburger without a bun, onion rings, strawberries, a vanilla milkshake, and coffee. He spent his last hours alone and had no visits from friends, family, or clergy. This will be the fourth execution in Florida this year, and Owen has spent 38 years on death row. He will be injected with a three-drug cocktail at 6 p.m. tonight.

via Palm Beach Post|

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Florida to Execute Duane Owen, Convicted of Multiple Murders and Rapes in 1984.

Duane Owen, one of the longest-serving inmates on Florida's death row, is set to be executed for two separate killings in 1984, the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old babysitter and the hammer attack on a mother of two. Owen attacked two other women in Palm Beach County who survived. His lawyers argued that he shouldn't be executed on grounds of insanity, but the state Supreme Court rejected his latest appeal last week and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected it Wednesday. If the lethal injection is carried out, it would be Florida's fourth execution this year after none since 2019.

via NBC News|

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Florida to Execute Duane Owen, Convicted of 1984 Murders and Rapes.

Duane Owen, one of the longest-held inmates on Florida's death row, is set to be executed for two separate killings in 1984, the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old babysitter as two children in her care were sleeping and the other a hammer attack on a mother of two. Owen is one of 293 people on Florida's death row and one of the longest residing there. His lawyers argued that he shouldn't be executed on grounds of insanity, but the state Supreme Court and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his latest appeal.

via The Associated Press|

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Florida prepares to execute Duane Owen for 1984 murders and rapes.

Duane Owen, one of the longest-held inmates on Florida's death row, is set to be executed for two separate killings in 1984, the fatal stabbing of a 14-year-old babysitter as two children in her care were sleeping and the other a hammer attack on a mother of two. Owen is one of 293 people on Florida’s death row and one of the longest residing there. His lawyers argued that he shouldn't be executed on grounds of insanity, but the state Supreme Court rejected his latest appeal last week and the U.S. Supreme Court rejected it Wednesday.

via Yahoo News|

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