Florida execution of 74-year-old death row inmate Dusty Ray Spencer reignites debate

A 74-year-old Florida death row inmate is scheduled to be executed June 25, a move that would make him the oldest person ever executed in the state's history. Dusty Ray Spencer was convicted in 1992 of murdering his wife, Karen, following a trial held at what is now the Orange County Regional History Center in downtown Orlando. Appeals exhausted after 3 decades Spencer has spent more than 30 years on death row while pursuing multiple appeals and post-conviction challenges, all of which have been