Florida Court Denies Final Stay for Duckett | Miami News

Florida’s top court has denied a final delay for James Duckett, a 68-year-old former police officer set to be executed Tuesday for a 1987 murder — unless the U.S. Supreme Court steps in. His legal team pushed for new DNA testing to prove innocence, but results came back inconclusive. One justice called the latest motion “frivolous,” while another stressed lawyers’ duty to uphold due process even in death penalty cases. Duckett joins 80-year-old Dominick Occhicone, the oldest person scheduled for execution in Florida since reinstating the death penalty, also denied a stay — both now awaiting potential intervention from the U.S. Supreme Court. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/b5075a4c388be56b