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Child killer Mark Dean Schwab faces execution Tuesday

Child killer Mark Dean Schwab faces execution Tuesday Sarah Lundy |Sentinel Staff Writer June 29, 2008 http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-schwab2908jun29,0,3460938.story Child killer Mark Dean Schwab -- who kidnapped, raped and murdered 11-year-old Junny Rios-Martinez of Cocoa -- is set to die Tuesday by lethal injection.His execution marks Florida's first state killing since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in April that the commonly used, three-drug lethal cocktail is not cruel and unusual punishment under the U.S. Constitution.That ruling ended a de facto moratorium on the death penalty that had swept the nation while the high court focused on the issue.Since the ruling, nine condemned men have been put to death across the country -- far fewer than the "bloodbath" death-penalty opponents had feared would follow the decision...continue to full post

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