Florida carries out the execution of James Aren Duckett, a former police officer, becoming the first of two scheduled executions on Tuesday. According to reporting, Duckett, 68, is pronounced dead at about 1:19 pm following administration of a three-drug lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke. Multiple outlets confirm that the state uses a combination of three drugs in its execution protocol and that Duckett is declared dead shortly after the injection process begins and is completed.
Both sources describe the execution as part of a pair of death-penalty cases scheduled for Tuesday, with Duckett’s death occurring early in the sequence. The reports do not provide additional details in the excerpts about the second execution or the specific timeline for it. They also focus on the confirmation of Duckett’s death and the method used, including that the execution is carried out via a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison.
