{"id":84390,"date":"2026-07-13T07:47:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=84390"},"modified":"2026-07-13T07:47:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T11:47:11","slug":"florida-set-to-execute-old-inmates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/florida-set-to-execute-old-inmates\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Set To Execute Old Inmates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From AP:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dims.apnews.com\/dims4\/default\/aa41007\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3000x2000+0+0\/resize\/320x213!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fassets.apnews.com%2Fb9%2Ff8%2F295cd54865e681a6a440cab6c67c%2Fd3556ef84a584560936bbed4b3e6b3d2\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The last prisoner strapped to a table in Florida\u2019s death chamber was 74 years old \u2014 the oldest the state has executed in modern times. The next two set to die are older still.\u00a0The series of executions, due to be carried out by the end of this month, highlights the nation\u2019s aging death-row population. One of Florida\u2019s prisoners scheduled to die in July, a man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend\u2019s parents in 1986, is 80 years old and would be only the second known octogenarian to be executed in the U.S.<\/p>\n<p>For some, it\u00a0<span class=\"LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\"><a class=\"Link AnClick-LinkEnhancement\" style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/general-news-d4d2040cceed48529d17cc33438a72cd\" data-gtm-enhancement-style=\"LinkEnhancementA\">renews questions about the humanity<\/a><\/span>\u00a0of administering capital punishment to inmates who might soon die from natural causes. For others, it illustrates how lengthy appeals designed to ensure constitutional protections and prevent innocent people from being executed can also delay justice.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From AP: The last prisoner strapped to a table in Florida\u2019s death chamber was 74 years old \u2014 the oldest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-84390","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84391,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84390\/revisions\/84391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}