Florida has executed the oldest prisoner in its history, the latest in a spate of capital punishments against elderly death-row inmates.Dennis Sochor was 74 when he was pronounced dead on Tuesday. He was convicted of killing Patricia Gifford in 1982, hours after meeting the 18-year-old at a party. The US Supreme Court rejected his final appeal without comment, said The Guardian.
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