Florida has become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in one day, putting to death an ex-police officer convicted of murder and only the second octogenarian known to receive a lethal injection in modern U.S. history.

The state of Florida is set to execute two death row inmates on the same day for the first time in more than 60 years, now that a stay has been lifted for a former police officer who had been scheduled to die earlier his year.

A Florida man has been executed for the murder of a young mother who called 911 seeking help while tied up in her attacker's car.

A man convicted of fatally shooting a police officer with his own service weapon during a traffic stop has been executed in Florida.