US EditionFormer Marine who killed 6-year-old girl more than 4 decades ago set for execution in Florida
Bryan Jennings, convicted after multiple trials and appeals, faces lethal injection for a crime that ended a child's life and impacted her family for decades.
- 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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Man is executed in Florida for the killing of a 6-year-old girl abducted from her bedroom
A man convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl who was abducted from her bedroom has been executed in Florida. Bryan Frederick Jennings received a lethal injection Thursday evening at Florida State Prison near Starke for the May 1979 murder of…
Miami, Nov 13 (EFE).- Florida raises its death penalty record to 16 this Thursday in a single year by executing Bryan Fredrick Jennings, an ex-marine who raped, abducted and murdered a six-year-old girl, adding to six U.S. ex-combatants killed by this punishment in the state in 2025. Jennings, 66, is scheduled to receive lethal injection at 6:00 p.m. (22:00 GTM) at Florida State Prison in Raiford, a town west of Jacksonville, for his crimes on M…
Former Marine Who Killed 6-Year-Old Girl More Than 4 Decades Ago Set for Execution in Florida
STARKE, Fla. (AP) — A former Marine convicted of killing a 6-year-old girl more than four decades ago is scheduled Thursday to be executed in Florida, which would be the record 16th death sentence carried out under Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
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