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    Hubert Lester Michael, Jr. - Pennsylvania Death Row



    Trista Eng


    Hubert Lester Michael, Jr.


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    Sentenced to death for the 1993 kidnapping and murder of 16-year-old Trista Eng of Dillsburg, York County.

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    In today's United States Supreme Court orders, Hubert's petition for writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis was DENIED.
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    This certiorari denial followed upon the Third Circuit's denial, on August 10, 2011, of Michael's habeas petition. Could this possibly soon lead to the setting of a genuine execution date in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania?

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/11-9746.htm

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    This is one of the most confusing orders I've ever seen. I think it means that they're just not going to stay his habeas petition?

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    According to the PA DOC Gov. Corbett, today, signed an execution warrant for Hubert. This is Hubert's third execution warrant. Execution is scheduled for November 08, 2012.
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    Is this a serious execution date?

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    It may be connected to the US Supreme Court's denial, on August 13, 2012, of a rehearing on Michael's case out of the Third Circuit. I'll list it as a serious execution date unless otherwise informed.

    http://www.supremecourt.gov/Search.a...es/11-9746.htm

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    PA Governor Corbett Signs Execution Warrant for Killer of York County Teen

    Governor Tom Corbett has signed an execution warrant for Hubert L. Michael Jr., who pled guilty in October 1994 to kidnapping and first-degree murder for the death of 16-year-old Trista Eng.

    On July 12, 1993, Eng was walking along Route 15 from her home to her summer job at a restaurant in Dillsburg, York County. Michael stopped and offered the girl a ride to work, which she accepted.

    Michael drove to state game lands in Warrington Township, York County, where he shot Eng three times with a handgun and then hid her body in the woods.

    Ten days later, Michael fled the state in a rented car. At the time, Michael was out on bail for an unrelated rape charge in Lancaster County. The car was listed as stolen and entered into the National Crime Information Center system.

    On July 27, 1993, Michael was arrested in Utah as a fugitive from justice. The murder weapon was found in the car at the time of his arrest. Michael was returned to Pennsylvania and incarcerated in Lancaster County Prison to await trial on the rape charge.

    In August, Michael's brother visited him in prison. Michael confessed to his brother that he had used the gun to kill Eng and that he had hidden the girl's body in the state game lands. Based on that information, Michael's brother and other relatives searched the game lands until they found the teenager's badly decomposed body, still dressed in her restaurant uniform. Michael's explanation for the murder was that he was under so much pressure from the rape charge, he "just lost it.''

    Police charged Michael with Eng's murder on Aug. 27, 1993.

    In November 1993, Michael assumed the identity of another prisoner and escaped from Lancaster County Prison. He was later captured in New Orleans and returned to Pennsylvania in March 1994.

    In September 1994, Michael was convicted of rape and other charges and sentenced to 10- to 20-years in prison. The following month, on Oct. 11, 1994, Michael pled guilty to first-degree murder and kidnapping. He waived a sentencing hearing and on March 20, 1995, the trial court imposed the death sentence along with a concurrent prison term for kidnapping.

    Michael, now 56, is a prisoner at the State Correctional Institution at Greene. His execution has been scheduled for Nov. 8, 2012.

    This warrant, signed Tuesday, is Corbett's 20th execution warrant.

    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.

    http://www.marketwatch.com/story/pa-...een-2012-09-12
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    Quote Originally Posted by iMxth3xbossx5000 View Post
    Is this a serious execution date?
    The Attorney General's office does not speculate about possible litigation involving death penalty cases and has forwarded my inquiry to the the Attorney General’s Press Office for a response.
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    Michael has expressed a willingness to waive his appeals on numerous occasions before. Expect a flurry of Ford challenges by his attorneys questioning his competency to assist in his own defense.

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