Florida put two inmates to death hours apart, marking the first time since 2017 that a state has scheduled two executions in a single day.

Florida has become the first state in nearly a decade to carry out two executions in one day, putting to death an ex-police officer convicted of murder and only the second octogenarian known to receive a lethal injection in modern U.S. history.

The state of Florida is set to execute two death row inmates on the same day for the first time in more than 60 years, now that a stay has been lifted for a former police officer who had been scheduled to die earlier his year.

Florida is in the process of executing three of its oldest death row inmates back to back — each one older than the last.