"A man found guilty in the 1979 rape and murder of a six-year-old girl was executed in Florida on Thursday. Bryan Frederick Jennings was pronounced dead at 6.20pm local time after being administered a three-drug lethal injection. Jennings was sentenced to death for the killing of Rebecca Kunash, whom he drowned in a canal, according to reports. Jennings said no after being asked whether he had a final statement. Kunash's relatives did not comment publicly following Jennings' execution. The execution took place without incident."
"There's a saying: justice delayed is justice denied, DeSantis said earlier this month in Jacksonville. He added: We're doing it to be able to bring justice to the victims' families and I think it's important. I've had people, you know, sometimes they'll come to the office after and you can just see after decades the weight that's kind of been lifted They never fully had closure on and these are really horrific crimes that are happening, so that's really why we're doing it."
Bryan Frederick Jennings was executed in Florida after being convicted of raping and drowning six-year-old Rebecca Kunash in 1979. He was pronounced dead at 6.20pm local time following a three-drug lethal injection and declined to make a final statement. Kunash's relatives did not comment publicly. The Florida Department of Corrections reported the execution proceeded without incident. Governor Ron DeSantis has authorized a record number of executions in a single year since 1976, with two more scheduled and a possible total of 18 this year. Jennings' execution was one of three scheduled nationally this week, while Oklahoma commuted Tremane Wood's sentence to life for a 2002 murder amid disputes over who committed the fatal stabbing.
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