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Former Marine who killed 6-year-old girl more than 4 decades ago set for execution in Florida
Bryan Jennings, a former Marine, was executed for the 1979 abduction, rape, and murder of a 6-year-old girl after multiple appeals were denied in Florida's accelerated death penalty process.
- Bryan Frederick Jennings, 66, is set for execution in Florida for the murder of 6-year-old Rebecca Kunash, which occurred over 40 years ago.
- Jennings has faced multiple trials and death sentences, with the U.S. Supreme Court denying his final appeal just before his scheduled execution.
- Governor Ron DeSantis stated that his goal is to provide justice to families who have waited decades for death sentences to be fulfilled.
- The anti-capital punishment group, Floridians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, has criticized the process, claiming Jennings was denied a clemency hearing since 1988 and lacked legal representation for years.
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