Mark Dean Schwab
Florida prisoner Mark Dean Schwab was executed on July 1, 2008, exactly 16 years after he was convicted of the rape and murder of eleven-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez Jr.. He was killed by lethal injection.
Fast Facts:
- Born: December 16,1968
- Died: July 1, 2008 at 6:15 p.m.
- Killed by lethal injection Tuesday
- Date of crime: April 18, 1991
- Conviction: July 1, 1992
- DC Number: 111129
- First execution in Florida since 2006
- Had already served time for rape of a 13-year-old boy
- Second crime occurred a week after his release from prison
- Became the 65th execution in Florida since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976
- Consulted with a Baptist minister before death
Stay of Execution
In December of 2006, Florida prisoner Angel Diaz was executed by lethal injection, but required a second injection before expiring 34 minutes after the process began. The incident led Governor Jeb Bush to suspend all pending executions until Florida's execution methods were further investigated.1
After revisions were made to Florida's execution methods, Schwab's execution was scheduled for November 15, 2007. Just hours before the execution, a federal judge granted Schwab a stay of execution pending a Supreme Court investigation into the constitutionality of lethal injection.2
Categories
