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Duane Owen is scheduled to be executed by the State of Florida on Thursday, June 15, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. for the murders of Karen Slattery and Georgianna Worden. Catholic faithful and members of the community plan to gather at the following times and locations to pray for Mr. Owen, his victims and their families, for our society which continues to impose violence in return for violence, and for an end to the use of the death penalty.  

The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops (FCCB) has requested that Gov. Ron DeSantis stay the execution of Duane Owen and commute his sentence to life without parole. Owen is scheduled to be executed on June 15, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. He was sentenced to death for the 1984 murders of Karen Slattery and Georgianna Worden in Palm Beach County, Florida.