Corbett Signs 21st Execution Warrant for Murderer Mark Spotz

Execution of Mark Newton Spotz is scheduled for Jan. 8, 2013.

Governor Tom Corbett signed his 21st execution warrant today for Mark Newton Spotz, convicted of kidnapping, robbing and brutally murdering a York County woman during a four-county homicide spree in 1995.. Spotz murdered of Penny Gunnet, 41, who was the third of Spotz’s four murder victims during a homicidal rampage between late January and early February 1995. The execution is been scheduled for Jan. 8, 2013. Executions in Pennsylvania are carried out by lethal injection. For more information, visit the Department of Corrections online at www.cor.state.pa.us and select “Death Penalty’’ from the left-side navigation bar. The following account was released from the governor's office: "Gunnet was carjacked on her way to work around 6 a.m. on…

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