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Reported by: Amy Mearkle Thursday, Oct 29, 2009 @08:58am EDT HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA -- Governor Ed Rendell has set an execution date for a man convicted of a 1981 murder. Rendell signed the order yesterday for 49-year-old John Amos Small. Authorities say Small and a friend sexually assaulted and fatally beat 18-year-old Cheryl Marie Smith in West Manheim Township. Small was convicted of first-degree murder and rape in 1996. He will die by lethal injection December 16th at the State Correctional Institution at Greene. (Copyright 2009 by VERTEXNews/Newsroom Solutions) |
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