Execution Warrants Issued by Governor (1985 to Present)
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Execution Warrants/Notices Issued by Governor (1985 to Present) (under 1978 capital punishment statute) By Governor Dick Thornburgh Sentencing Sentencing Date Warrant Date of Stay/Execution Inmate Name Race County Date was Signed Execution Date John C. Lesko White Westmoreland 04/23/1982 08/01/1985 11/19/1985 11/12/1985 Pa. SC Michael J. Travaglia White Westmoreland 06/04/1982 08/01/1985 11/19/1985 11/13/1985 Pa. SC Keith Zettlemoyer White Dauphin 04/24/1981 08/01/1985 12/03/1985 11/12/1985 Pa. SC John C. Lesko 06/12/1986 US WD (Second Warrant) White Westmoreland 04/23/1982 05/07/1986 06/17/1986 06/16/1986 US SC Leslie Beasley Black Philadelphia 08/12/1981 08/28/1986-a 12/02/1986 11/24/1986 Ph CP 11/26/1986 Super Keith Zettlemoyer (Second Warrant) White Dauphin 04/24/1981 12/30/1986 02/24/1987 02/19/1987 Reprieve TOTAL NUMBER OF WARRANTS SIGNED BY THORNBURGH: 7 RACIAL BREAKDOWN: White = 5, Black = 2 By Governor Robert P. Casey Sentencing Sentencing Date Warrant Date of Stay/Execution Inmate Name Race County Date Was Signed Execution Date Roderick Frey White Lancaster 03/20/1981 03/04/1988 06/14/1988 06/09/1988 Pa. SC Roderick Frey (Second Warrant) White Lancaster 03/20/1981 03/02/1989 06/13/1989 06/02/1989 US EP Frederick Maxwell Black Philadelphia 06/09/1982 03/16/1989 09/19/1989 09/07/1989 Ph CP Michael J. Travaglia (Second Warrant) White Westmoreland 06/04/1982 06/08/1990 09/11/1990 09/06/1990 US WD Leslie Beasley (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 08/12/1981 06/15/1990 09/18/1990 08/27/1990 US ED Charles E. Cross White Beaver 12/01/1982 07/03/1990 10/02/1990 09/20/1990 Be CP Simon Pirela (aka Salvador Morales) Black Philadelphia 11/03/1983 07/26/1990-a 10/08/1990 08/20/1990 US ED Clifford Smith (aka Robert Atkins) Black Bucks 07/01/1985 08/29/1990 11/13/1990 10/18/1990 Bu CP Raymond Whitney Black Philadelphia 02/03/1983 09/26/1990 12/10/1990 11/29/1990 ? Rodney Griffin Black Delaware 08/05/1985 03/25/1991 06/25/1991 06/11/1991 De CP Alfred Albrecht White Bucks 05/02/1983 04/18/1991 07/16/1991 05/13/1991 Bu CP James Henry Carpenter Black York 06/25/1984 05/15/1991 07/30/1991 07/25/1991 US MD 1 Sentencing Sentencing Date Warrant Date of Stay/Execution Inmate Name Race County Date was Signed Execution Date Henry P. Fahy White Philadelphia 11/02/1983 11/21/1991 01/14/1992 01/13/1992 Pa. SC Lawrence D. Christy White Cambria 07/16/1984 09/21/1992 11/17/1992 11/09/1992 Ca CP Joseph Thomas Szuchon White Erie 05/03/1983 04/12/1994 07/12/1994 07/05/1994 US WD Benjamin Terry Black Montgomery 11/14/1984 06/16/1994 08/16/1994 08/10/1994 Mo CP William C. Holland White Philadelphia 02/07/1986 07/28/1994 10/18/1994 10/07/1994 Ph CP Robert Lark Black Philadelphia 04/26/1986 08/19/1994 11/15/1994 11/10/1994 US EP Steven Duffey White Lackawanna 08/04/1986 09/22/1994 12/06/1994 12/05/1994 US MD Florencio Rolan Black Philadelphia 05/13/1983 10/31/1994 01/10/1995 01/06/1995 Pa. SC TOTAL NUMBER OF WARRANTS SIGNED BY CASEY: 21 RACIAL BREAKDOWN: White = 10, Black = 11 By Acting Governor Mark S. Singel Sentencing Sentencing Date Warrant Date of Stay/Execution Inmate Name Race County Date was Signed Execution Date Frederic J. Jermyn White Cumberland 04/15/1986 09/21/1993 12/07/1993 12/03/1993 US MD TOTAL NUMBER OF WARRANTS SIGNED BY SINGEL: 1 RACIAL BREAKDOWN: White = 1 By Governor Tom Ridge Sentencing Sentencing Date Warrant Date of Stay/Execution Inmate Name Race County Date Was Signed Execution Date Martin Appel White Northampton 09/03/1986 02/28/1995 04/04/1995 03/30/1995 No CP Josoph Henry Black Northampton 07/22/1988 02/28/1995 04/18/1995 03/28/1995 No CP Keith Zettlemoyer EXECUTED on (Third Warrant) White Dauphin 04/24/1981 02/28/1995 05/02/1995 05/02/1995 Charles Cross (Second Warrant) White Beaver 12/01/1982 03/30/1995 05/16/1995 04/25/1995 US WD Rodney Griffin (Second Warrant) Black Delaware 08/05/1985 03/30/1995 05/30/1995 05/12/1995 US ED James Jones Black Philadelphia 06/06/1985 05/05/1995 06/13/1995 06/08/1995 US SC Jesse Bond Black Philadelphia 07/28/1993 05/05/1995 06/27/1995 06/14/1995 Ph CP Clifford Smith (Second Warrant) Black Bucks 07/01/1985 05/18/1995 07/11/1995 06/30/1995 US ED 2 Sentencing Sentencing Date Warrant Date of Stay/Execution Inmate Name Race County Date was Signed Execution Date Henry Fahy (Second Warrant) White Philadelphia 11/02/1983 05/18/1995 07/13/1995 07/07/1995 Pa. SC Scott Wayne Blystone White Fayette 04/17/1986 05/18/1995 07/25/1995 07/12/1995 Fa CP Ronald Logan Black Philadelphia 11/16/1982 05/18/1995 07/27/1995 07/20/1995 Ph CP EXECUTED on Leon Moser White Montgomery 01/24/1986 06/01/1995 08/16/1995 08/16/1995 Mumia Abu-Jamal Black Philadelphia 05/25/1983 06/01/1995 08/17/1995 08/07/1995 Ph CP Zachary Wilson Black Philadelphia 01/25/1988 06/01/1995 08/29/1995 07/14/1995 Pa. SC Ronald Rompilla White Lehigh 11/03/1988 06/01/1995 08/31/1995 08/22/1995 Le CP Fredric Jermyn (Second Warrant) White Cumberland 04/15/1986 07/12/1995 09/12/1995 09/12/1995 Pa. SC Michael Rainey Black Philadelphia 12/30/1991 07/12/1995 09/06/1995 08/04/1995 Pa. SC Shawn Walker Black Philadelphia 03/04/1992 07/12/1995 09/07/1995 08/04/1995 Pa. SC Craig Murphy Black Philadelphia 02/24/1993 07/27/1995 08/22/1995 08/03/1995 Ph CP Salvador Santiago Black Allegheny 06/07/1993 10/11/1995 10/24/1995 10/20/1995 Pa. SC Roy L. Williams Black Philadelphia 09/14/1993 10/11/1995 10/26/1995 10/20/1995 Pa. SC Kevin Hughes Black Philadelphia 10/27/1983 10/11/1995 11/09/1995 11/01/1995 Ph CP George Edwards Jr. White Lackawanna 05/28/1987 10/11/1995 11/14/1995 11/14/1995 Pa. SC Shawn Walker (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 03/04/1992 10/30/1995 11/16/1995 11/10/1995 Ph CP Ernest Simmons Black Cambria 02/17/1994 11/13/1995 11/28/1995 11/22/1995 Ph CP Percy Lee Black Philadelphia 01/27/1988 11/13/1995 11/30/1995 11/20/1995 Pa. SC Edward Bracey Black Philadelphia 03/04/1992 11/13/1995 12/05/1995 12/01/1995 US ED Harrison Graham Black Philadelphia 05/03/1988 11/13/1995 12/07/1995 12/01/1995 US ED Zachary Wilson (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 01/25/1988 11/28/1995 12/12/1995 12/08/1995 Ph CP James Jones (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 06/06/1985 11/28/1995 12/14/1995 12/08/1995 Ph CP Joseph Miller White Dauphin 03/25/1993 12/13/1995 01/09/1996 01/05/1996 Pa. SC Michael Rainey (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 12/30/1991 01/03/1996 01/23/1996 01/18/1996 Ph CP *Donetta Hill Black Philadelphia 03/11/1993 01/11/1996 02/06/1996 02/01/1996 US ED Roy L. Williams (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 09/14/1993 02/02/1996 02/20/1996 02/12/1996 Ph CP 3 Sentencing Sentencing Date Warrant Date of Stay/Execution Inmate Name Race County Date was Signed Execution Date Salvador Santiago (Second Warrant) Black Allegheny 06/07/1993 02/02/1996 02/27/1996 02/13/1996 Al CP George Banks Black Luzerne 11/22/1985 02/15/1996 03/05/1996 02/22/1996 US MD Lawrence Christy (Second Warrant) White Cambria 07/16/1984 02/15/1996 03/13/1996 02/21/1996 US WD Aaron Jones Black Philadelphia 02/28/1994 03/11/1996 03/19/1996 03/15/1996 Pa. SC William Johnson Black Philadelphia 06/10/1992 03/11/1996 03/21/1996 03/15/1996 Pa. SC Joseph Miller (Second Warrant) White Dauphin 03/25/1993 03/11/1996 03/26/1996 03/19/1996 Da CP Ernest Simmons (Second Warrant) Black Cambria 02/17/1994 03/20/1996 04/16/1996 04/12/1996 Ca CP Robert Wharton Black Philadelphia 08/18/1993 09/24/1996 04/23/1996 04/19/1996 US ED Edward Bracey (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 10/05/1992 04/26/1996 05/16/1996 05/10/1996 Ph CP Randy Haag White Berks 09/25/1987 04/26/1996 05/23/1996 04/26/1996 Reprieve Harrison Graham (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 05/03/1988 05/08/1996 05/30/1996 05/21/1996 Ph CP Dino Rucci White Washington 06/23/1994 05/08/1996 06/04/1996 05/31/1996 Pa. SC Andre Stevens White Beaver 09/26/1994 05/08/1996 06/06/1996 05/23/1996 Pa. SC Percy Lee (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 01/27/1988 06/17/1996 07/09/1996 07/02/1996 Ph CP Harold Wilson Black Philadelphia 10/05/1989 06/17/1996 07/11/1996 07/03/1996 US ED Dewitt Crawley Black Philadelphia 06/10/1985 06/17/1996 0716/1996 07/09/1996 US ED *Donetta Hill (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 03/11/1993 06/26/1996 07/18/1996 07/12/1996 Ph CP Robert Wharton (Second Warrant) Black Philadelphia 08/18/1993 06/26/1996 07/23/1996 07/18/1996 Ph CP Hubert Michael White York 03/20/1995 07/31/1996 08/27/1996 08/22/1996 US MD Daniel Saranchak White Schuylkill 09/16/1994 07/31/1996 08/29/1996 08/15/1996 Pa.