Overview
- Bryan Frederick Jennings, 66, is set to be executed by lethal injection at Florida State Prison in Starke at 6 p.m. ET using the state's three‑drug protocol.
- The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday denied his final petition and request for a stay, after the Florida Supreme Court refused to block the execution.
- If carried out, the execution would be Florida’s 16th in 2025, exceeding prior annual totals, with additional executions set for Nov. 20 and Dec. 9.
- Jennings was convicted for the 1979 abduction, rape and drowning of 6‑year‑old Rebecca Kunash, with shoe prints and fingerprints cited as key evidence.
- His lawyers argued he lacked continuous state postconviction counsel after attorney Martin McClain died in 2022, while the state said he had federal counsel and that procedures were followed.