Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleConvicted murderer Dennis Sochor ( Florida Department of Corrections)Dennis Sochor, a 74-year-old convicted murderer, is scheduled to be executed in Florida later this month, potentially becoming the oldest inmate ever executed by the state. Sochor has been on death row since the 1980s, following his 1987 conviction for the 1982 murder and kidnapping of Patricia Gifford, whose body was never found. He is one of three older inmates scheduled to die in Florida within a month, highlighting the nation's aging death row population. Florida has already carried out nine executions this year, exceeding the combined total of all other U.S. states.Sochor's recent appeals, which cited concerns over a withheld letter and the efficacy of execution drugs, were denied by the Florida Supreme Court, with a final appeal pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. In fullPrisoner set to be oldest inmate executed in Florida’s history after years on death rowMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
Florida prepares to execute its oldest death row prisoner
Stay up to date with notifications from The IndependentNotifications can be managed in browser preferences.Jump to contentThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged inAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleConvicted murderer Dennis Sochor ( Florida Department of Corrections)Dennis Sochor, a 74-year-old convicted murderer, is scheduled to be executed in Florida later this month, potentially becoming the oldest inmate ever executed by the state. Sochor has been on death row since the 1980s, following his 1987 conviction for the 1982 murder and kidnapping of Patricia Gifford, whose body was never found. He is one of three older inmates scheduled to die in Florida within a month, highlighting the nation's aging death row population. Florida has already carried out nine executions this year, exceeding the combined total of all other U.S. states.Sochor's recent appeals, which cited concerns over a withheld letter and the efficacy of execution drugs, were denied by the Florida Supreme Court, with a final appeal pending before the U.S. Supreme Court. In fullPrisoner set to be oldest inmate executed in Florida’s history after years on death rowMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
