Emily Lazarou was one of three doctors Gov. Ron DeSantis appointed to decide whether Duane Owen, who was convicted in two 1984 murders in Palm Beach County, is too mentally ill to be executed.
An attorney for Duane Owen has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to halt Thursday night's scheduled execution in a last-ditch effort to spare the Palm Beach County murderer's life.
The execution of a death row inmate who killed a 14-year-old babysitter and mother of two in separate Palm Beach County attacks nearly 40 years ago is a go for next month.