Sixty-eight-year-old Bryan Jennings is set to be executed for the 1979 kidnapping, rape, and murder of 6-year-old Rebecca Kunash in Merritt Island.

At the time of the crime, Jennings was a 20-year-old Marine home on leave from Japan.

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The Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops has voiced concern over the state’s increasing number of executions, emphasizing the value of every human life.

"The bishops are concerned with the pace of the executions, really for the same reason. Every individual life has value. They are going to continue to speak out and send a letter for each one," said Joseph Harmon, Florida Conference of Catholic Bishops.

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Another execution is already scheduled later this month.

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