Florida executes one of its oldest prisoners in state’s 10th lethal injection this year
A gurney used for lethal injections sits in Georgia. Photograph: Ben Gray/APView image in fullscreenA gurney used for lethal injections sits in Georgia. He was convicted of killing Patricia Gifford on 1 January 1982, just hours after meeting the 18-year-old woman at a New Year’s Eve party.Sochor was strapped to a gurney with an IV in his arm when the curtain to the death chamber went up at the 6pm execution time.
- ▪A gurney used for lethal injections sits in Georgia.
- ▪Photograph: Ben Gray/APView image in fullscreenA gurney used for lethal injections sits in Georgia.
- ▪He was convicted of killing Patricia Gifford on 1 January 1982, just hours after meeting the 18-year-old woman at a New Year’s Eve party.Sochor was strapped to a gurney with an IV in his arm when the curtain to the death chamber went up at
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A gurney used for lethal injections sits in Georgia. Photograph: Ben Gray/APView image in fullscreenA gurney used for lethal injections sits in Georgia. Photograph: Ben Gray/APFloridaFlorida executes one of its oldest prisoners in state’s 10th lethal injection this yearMan who was 74 was one of three older prisoners scheduled for execution within the span of a monthAssociated PressTue 14 Jul 2026 20.33 EDTLast modified on Tue 14 Jul 2026 20.38 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleFlorida put to death one of its oldest prisoners in its state history on Tuesday, a 74-year-old convicted murderer who was one of three older prisoners scheduled for execution within the span of a month in the nation’s busiest death penalty state.Dennis Sochor was pronounced dead at 6.16pm after a three-drug…
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