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| Execution date set for quadruple murderer Michael Ballard |
| By lehighvalleylive.com- Tom Shortell |
| Published: 10/07/2014 |
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Death row inmate Michael Ballard's execution came one step closer to reality Monday afternoon when Gov. Tom Corbett signed the Allentown man's death warrant. But if Ballard has changed his posture and fights his execution as he claimed he will in a recent interview, his Dec. 2 execution date carries little meaning, Northampton County District Attorney John Morganelli said. In a statement Monday afternoon, Corbett announced he signed off on the state-sanctioned executions of Ballard and murderers in two unrelated cases, Richard Baumhammers and Robert Flor. State law requires the governor to sign the death warrants within 120 days of an opinion of the Pennsylvania State Supreme Court upholding an execution, Morganelli said. Read More. |
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