Duane owen English news | Duane owen, Latest News & Live Updates in English | English News (Latest English News) at Lokmattimes.com

Miami, June 15 Duane Owen, who was sentenced to death for the raping and murdering two women in 1984 in Florida's Palm Beach County, will be executed on Thursday after the US Supreme Court turned down his appeal to halt the capital punishment.Owen is scheduled to receive a lethal injection at 6 p.m. at the Florida State Prison in Starke.His execution will be the fourth in Florida this year, after a three year pause triggered by the Covid-19 pandemic.The 62-year-old was convicted in 1986 for the bludgeoning death of Georgianna Worden at her Boca Raton home in May 1984, reports The Florida Times-Union.Worden, who was a 38-year-old executive secretary and mother of two, was murdered while her children slept nearby.In the same year, he also received the death penalty in the stabbing death of 14-year-old Karen Slattery, whom he had killedin March 1984 while she babysat two children in Delray Beach.Both Boca Raton and Delray Beach are in Palm Beach County.Meanwhile, Governor Ron DeSantis, a 2024 Republican presidential hopeful, signed the death warrant in Worden's case only.Owen is one of the longest-held inmates on death row in Florida.Currently, there are 293 people on Florida's death row.Besides his death sentences, Owen had also received six life sentences.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Home

City

Latest News

Cricket

LT Premium

National

International

Maharashtra

Opinions

Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar

Nagpur

Entertainment

Photos

Business

Technology

Sports

Lifestyle

Social Viral

Lokmat Games

Health

USA-Israel Attack

Assembly Elections 2026

IPL 2026

Stock Market News

Maharashtra News

Mumbai Local

Duane OwenFOLLOW

Duane owen, Latest News

International :Florida to execute man convicted of rapes, murders in 1984

Miami, June 15 Duane Owen, who was sentenced to death for the raping and murdering two women in ... ...