Florida Set To Execute Oldest Man In State’s History
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🗓️ 24 June 2026
⏱️ 19 minutes
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74-year-old Dusty Ray Spencer is scheduled to die by lethal injection on Thursday, which will make him the oldest man ever executed in the state of Florida. Spencer’s attorneys have made a last ditch appeal to the Supreme Court, citing cruel and unusual punishment towards a 74-year-old man suffering from significant medical conditions. Spencer was convicted for the 1992 brutal stabbing and beating death of his wife Karen in front of her teenage son. Her murder led to significant changes in the way police and state courts address domestic violence. Spencer had warned Karen from jail he was going to finish what he started.
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| 0:00.0 | This is an I-Heart podcast. Guaranteed Human. |
| 0:06.0 | Hey there, folks. It is Wednesday, June 24th. And a question for you. Can you actually be too old to die? |
| 0:14.9 | That is the question in Florida right now for a planned execution tomorrow night. |
| 0:21.4 | And that person would be the oldest person that state has ever executed. |
| 0:26.8 | And with that, welcome to this episode of Amy and T.J. |
| 0:29.5 | Robs once again, an execution where the debate is not about guilt or innocence. |
| 0:33.5 | It's about something else. |
| 0:34.3 | Yeah, it's about whether or not it's cruel and unusual to execute an elderly man with underlying health conditions. |
| 0:42.3 | We're talking about 74-year-old Dusty Ray Spencer. |
| 0:47.7 | He is set to die tomorrow Thursday at 6 p.m. Eastern Time by lethal injection. |
| 0:53.8 | And when you hear, Robes, yes, 74-year-old man, he's sick. |
| 0:58.1 | Why would they do this? |
| 0:59.5 | You hear what he did. |
| 1:01.6 | Robs, you have a hard time giving this guy mercy. |
| 1:04.5 | That is very much true. |
| 1:06.3 | And yet you hear from his attorneys saying that he should be spared because now he is a, quote, sick, old man. |
| 1:17.7 | Do you buy it? |
| 1:19.1 | Yeah, I bet he is. |
| 1:21.2 | And that's the thing, Rose. |
| 1:23.5 | He killed a 40-year-old woman in a way, in a manner that go back and tell me about the |
| 1:28.3 | mercy she got. I know it's a comparative thing. And Robs, I struggle with this in this story because |
| 1:33.9 | we're supposed to be better. As people are saying, give this guy mercy. He's 74 years old and he's |
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