Florida is set to execute 74-year-old Dennis Sochor at Florida State Prison, where he is scheduled to die following the U.S. Supreme Court’s denial of his appeal. Sochor was convicted of killing 16-year-old Patricia Gifford in 1982. Outlets report that he is expected to become Florida’s oldest inmate executed in modern state history. Multiple sources also note that he is one of several older men on the state’s death row whose executions are scheduled within a relatively short period.
The Independent reports that the execution comes shortly after Florida carried out another death sentence in which the executed inmate had previously been the oldest to receive Florida’s death penalty. Overall, the reporting focuses on Sochor’s age, the 1982 conviction, the scheduled execution date, and the appeal process reaching the Supreme Court. No outlet describes the underlying criminal trial details beyond the identity of the victim and the year of the killing.
