Florida set to execute 14th person this year with two more execution dates set
Summary
Harold Gene Lucas, aged 74, was scheduled to be executed in Florida for the 1976 murder of a 16-year-old girl and the wounding of two others. This would be Florida’s 14th execution this year, with two more executions planned later in September.Key Facts
- Harold Gene Lucas was convicted for killing Jill Piper and wounding her friends in 1976.
- Lucas has been on death row for about 50 years and chose not to appeal his execution.
- Florida uses lethal injection to carry out executions.
- Florida has executed 19 people so far in 2025, the highest number since 1976.
- The state accounts for more than half of the 23 executions in the US this year.
- Two other Florida executions are scheduled for September 10 and September 29.
- The cases of these executions involve different crimes, including kidnapping and murder.
- Lucas was sentenced to death multiple times due to legal appeals and retrials.
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