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Florida executes inmate Duane Owen after 38 years on death row for 1984 murders of teen babysitter and mother

  • Duane Owen was executed in Florida after 38 years on death row for killing a 14-year-old babysitter and a 38-year-old mother in 1984.
  • Owen received death sentences for raping and fatally stabbing the babysitter and raping and bludgeoning the mother.
  • Owen attacked two other women who survived but was sentenced to six life terms for those crimes as well as death sentences for the murders.
  • Owen's lawyers argued he was insane but courts rejected appeals and the execution was carried out.
  • Owen had no visitors for his last meal and his execution was witnessed by victims' family members.
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