Florida execution may set new record for time on death row for an inmate that is executed...39 years!

[1srelluc]

A 6-year-old girl was asleep in bed when she was kidnapped. Now her killer's time is up.

Bryan Jennings, a former Marine, raped and killed 6-year-old Becky Kunash in 1979. Now 46 years later, he's being executed.

www.usatoday.com

Bryan Jennings raped and killed a 6 year old girl 46 years ago. It took three trials finding him guilty and seven years to get his conviction to withstand appeals, but 39 years after his third and final conviction he is finally going to be executed today, Thursday November 13th 2025.

There is no doubt that he is the child's killer, but still managed to file appeal after appeal and delay his execution for 39 years.

The previous record length of time I could find was 36 years on death row for an inmate that was finally executed.

I can't believe someone who is obviously guilty of the crime (he admitted it to the police, but refused to plead guilty) could delay their execution for so long.

He even outlived the girl's father....That's not justice....I hope it hurts.

Murder of Rebecca Kunash - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[JoeB131]

Bryan Jennings raped and killed a 6 year old girl 46 years ago. It took three trials finding him guilty and seven years to get his conviction to withstand appeals, but 39 years after his third and final conviction he is finally going to be executed today, Thursday November 13th 2025.

There is no doubt that he is the child's killer, but still managed to file appeal after appeal and delay his execution for 39 years.

If there was no doubt about his guilt, then why did it take three trials?

 

[1srelluc]

If there was no doubt about his guilt, then why did it take three trials?

Read the wiki.

 

[odanny]

A lot of these dudes who think they will die of natural causes find out that justice delayed is not justice denied.


Originally, Jennings was scheduled to be executed by the electric chair on October 27, 1989, after then Governor Bob Martinez signed his death warrant in September 1989.

However, on October 26, 1989, the eve of Jennings's scheduled execution, he was granted a stay of execution by the Florida Supreme Court.

On October 10, 2025, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed a death warrant for Jennings, scheduling his death sentence to be carried out on November 13, 2025

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[JoeB131]

Read the wiki.

I did. Question still stands, why did it take three trials? Oh, that's right, because the first two were rubbish.

 

[1srelluc]

I did. Question still stands, why did it take three trials? Oh, that's right, because the first two were rubbish.

Hopefully he will be put to death tonight.

 

[JoeB131]

Hopefully he will be put to death tonight.

I'm sure that'll get your rocks off.

Just remember, the money that Florida wasted litigating this for 39 years could have been used to lock up other criminals.

 

[odanny]

I'm sure that'll get your rocks off.

Just remember, the money that Florida wasted litigating this for 39 years could have been used to lock up other criminals.

It didn't exonerate him, nor did it absolve him. He was found guilty and sentenced to death.

Justice must be served, even if it is over 40 years too late.

 

[whitehall]

Major Nidal Hasan has been on Leavenworth death row for the murder of 13 Soldiers and wounding 32 others in a shooting spree in Ft. Hood on 2009. Everybody saw him do it, he confessed to it and the death sentence was upheld in 2023. Are they going to wait until he dies of old age?

 

[odanny]

Major Nidal Hasan has been on Leavenworth death row for the murder of 13 Soldiers and wounding 32 others in a shooting spree in Ft. Hood on 2009. Everybody saw him do it, he confessed to it and the death sentence was upheld in 2023. Are they going to wait until he dies of old age?

Federal crimes involving terrorism on this scale of severity derserve much more swift and timely completion of capital punishment. He really should have been in front of a firing squad by now.

America is the land of gun violence, and we don't want to execute a terrorist who committed mass murder?

The math don't math.

 

[whitehall]

Federal crimes involving terrorism on this scale of severity derserve much more swift and timely completion of capital punishment. He really should have been in front of a firing squad by now.

America is the land of gun violence, and we don't want to execute a terrorist who committed mass murder?

The math don't math.

If you focus on the fact that this guy knowingly and willingly killed 13 Soldiers, it cuts through the terrorist motivation B.S. that must have been hashed out in his Court Martial. It's time for the hot needle. Does Trump have the balls?

 

[JoeB131]

It didn't exonerate him, nor did it absolve him. He was found guilty and sentenced to death.

Justice must be served, even if it is over 40 years too late.

I don't think executing people is justice. It's revenge.

My argument against the DP has always been, "What if you got the wrong guy?" You can't fix it afterwards.

 

[JoeB131]

Major Nidal Hasan has been on Leavenworth death row for the murder of 13 Soldiers and wounding 32 others in a shooting spree in Ft. Hood on 2009. Everybody saw him do it, he confessed to it and the death sentence was upheld in 2023. Are they going to wait until he dies of old age?

Probably.

 

[1srelluc]

He's dead Jim Joe.

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/crime/2025/11/13/florida-man-merritt-island-brevard-bryan-jennings-scheduled-for-execution-today/87196342007/

 

[JoeB131]

He's dead Jim Joe.

https://www.floridatoday.com/story/news/crime/2025/11/13/florida-man-merritt-island-brevard-bryan-jennings-scheduled-for-execution-today/87196342007/

So, yeah, you executed an elderly man for something everyone else has forgotten.


Jennings had one visitor and declined to meet with a spiritual advisor. The Department of corrections would not identify the visitor. There were no protesters, no supporters, no family at the pre-execution staging area just outside Florida State Prison. Only four members of the media were in attendance for the 3:30 p.m. conference.

Wow, so, um, nobody cared all that much.

They spent millions of dollars for this man to spend MOST of the rest of his life in prison.

 

[1srelluc]

So, yeah, you executed an elderly man for something everyone else has forgotten.


Jennings had one visitor and declined to meet with a spiritual advisor. The Department of corrections would not identify the visitor. There were no protesters, no supporters, no family at the pre-execution staging area just outside Florida State Prison. Only four members of the media were in attendance for the 3:30 p.m. conference.

Wow, so, um, nobody cared all that much.

They spent millions of dollars for this man to spend MOST of the rest of his life in prison.

Well, the cost per meal just went down a fraction.

 

[JoeB131]

Well, the cost per meal just went down a fraction.

No, actually, it didn't.

What went down was the amount of resources the prison had spending 46 years litigating whether or not this guy got a fair trial because they were in such a hurry to lynch him.

 

[1srelluc]

No, actually, it didn't.

What went down was the amount of resources the prison had spending 46 years litigating whether or not this guy got a fair trial because they were in such a hurry to lynch him.

He's dead.......No further shits given.

 

[JoeB131]

He's dead.......No further shits given.

I guess.

Just remember, dozens of criminals were probably set loose because the Department of Corrections spent millions litigating a 46-year-old crime.

This is why Death Penalty States have higher murder rates than non-DP states.

 

[odanny]

Absolutely inexcusable this man lived that long on death row.