UPDATE: Harold Gene Lucas — Executed

Harold Gene Lucas was executed by the State of Florida on September 1, 2026, nearly 50 years after the murder of 16-year-old Anthia Jill Piper.

In this short update to Episode 1 of Scheduled: An American Execution, Kayla follows the case through Lucas’s final day and execution at Florida State Prison, including his final statement, the lethal injection procedure, and what members of Jill Piper’s and Terri Rice’s families said afterward.

For the full story of Jill Piper’s murder and the case that led to Lucas’s death sentence, listen to Episode 1 of Scheduled.