Pennsylvania...Where Criminals never die.

The following was lifted from this morning's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

EXECUTION WARRANT. Gov. Ed. Rendell this week signed a warrant for the execution of Raymond Johnson, of Berks County.

Johnson's execution is scheduled for May 5, but most executions in Pennsylvania are stayed by a judge or postponed on appeal.

Johnson was convicted of killing Louis Combs, a rival drug dealer, according to a press release from the governor's office. Johnson, a 37-year-old inmate at the State Correctional Institution at Greene, was sentenced to death in 2000.

Governor Rendell has now signed 34 death warrants. None of the convicts has been put to death. The last Pennsylvanian to die by lethal injection at the state's hands was Gary Heidnik, who was put to death in 1999.

Why does he even bother signing the death warrant?

Kudos to M.K. who beat me last night in a good ol' fashioned game of bowling. If only I hadn't left so many open frames....

My Terps lost in the ACC tournament yesterday, which means that in all likelihood, this will be the first time in twelve years that they haven't gone to the NCAA tournament. Very disappointing. Oh well, there's always that thing they call the NIT. Maybe I could actually get tickets to that..