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UPDATED Sep 2, 2026 at 2:00 AM ET
Sep 1, 2026 at 6:00 AM ET
Florida executes man for 1976 teen murder
By The BriefBrief · Sources (1)
Florida executed 74-year-old Harold Gene Lucas by lethal injection Tuesday evening for the 1976 killing of a teenage girl and the wounding of two of her friends. He was pronounced dead at 6:18 p.m. after a three-drug injection at Florida State Prison near Starke, with officials saying the procedure went forward without complications.
WHO: Harold Gene Lucas; Florida corrections officials; Gov. Ron DeSantis’s office (spokesman Alex LanFranconi); a circuit judge
WHAT: Execution by lethal injection for a 1976 murder conviction
WHEN: Sep 1, 2026
WHERE: Florida State Prison near Starke, Florida
WHY: Lucas was executed for the 1976 killing of a teenage girl and the wounding of two of her friends.
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