Dennis Sochor is executed in Florida and is set to become the state’s oldest inmate put to death, after years on death row. Multiple reports say he has been on Florida’s death row since the 1980s. Sochor was convicted of killing Patricia Gifford on 1 January 1982, shortly after meeting her at a New Year’s Eve party. Accounts also describe final statements from Sochor shortly before his execution, including an apology to family members. Reports note that his execution takes place amid a broader schedule of older death-row cases in Florida, with multiple executions planned within the same month. The Independent and other outlets describe Florida as the country’s most active death-penalty state, and frame the execution as part of that ongoing schedule. The details reported focus on Sochor’s conviction, time on death row, and his status at the time of execution, alongside accounts of his final remarks.