Dominick Anthony Occhicone
Dominick Anthony Occhicone, 80, was executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison near Starke on July 28, 2026, according to the Florida Department of Corrections and news reports. In a brief final statement he apologized and said he never meant to do what he did, and he thanked the Christian brothers who had visited him over the years. His lawyers argued that executing a man of his age and condition was cruel and unusual punishment, and the Supreme Court denied his final appeal that day. He was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m., and reports describe him as the oldest person executed in Florida.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state. Occhicone's lawyers argued that executing him at his age and in his condition was cruel and unusual punishment.
Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); news reports.
News reports (4)
- Execution List 1976-present
- Florida double execution day ends -- with the oldest death row inmate's final words: 'I never meant to do what I did'
- Busiest US death chamber: Florida executes 2 men in a day, including an octogenarian
- Florida schedules two executions on the same day: one of the condemned recounted his crime on Netflix