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Kayle Bates, 67, will be executed Tuesday, Aug. 19, for the 1982 abduction and murder of 24-year-old Janet Renee White in Bay County, Fla.

Appeals citing racial bias and calls for new DNA testing were denied

The execution will be Florida's 10th this year, setting a new state record

A Florida man convicted of killing a woman after abducting her from the insurance office where she worked is scheduled to be executed, court records show.

Kayle Bates, 67, will die by lethal injection at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 19, at Florida State Prison in Raiford, Fla., under a death warrant signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis in July, according to online Florida Supreme Court records reviewed by PEOPLE. Bates' execution will be Florida's 10th this year, setting a new state record, the Associated P

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