this guy is still on death row....we cant kill the ones we have deemed unfit to stay in society...let alone any for new crimes...
Pittsburgh, PA -- Stephen Rex Edmiston, 31, was found guilty of
first- degree murder, rape, statutory rape and involuntary deviate
sexual intercourse. That ruling came in a non-jury trial.
Edmiston then asked for a jury to decide whether he faces death in
the electric chair or life in prison for the death of Bobbi Jo
Matthew.
After his arrest in the Matthew case, Edmiston was tried and
acquitted by a jury of molesting another young girl.
He was free on bail on the molestation charges when he committed
the Matthew murder.
Bobbi Jo was abducted from her bed in the early morning hours of
Oct. 5, 1988. Edmiston, an acquaintance of the child's parents and
a former lover of her grandmother, was questioned by state police
in connection with her disappearance. He drew police a map with an
''X'' marking the spot where her raped and lifeless body was found.
Edmiston raped the child and scalped her and fractured her skull.
She also had a puncture wound in her chest, and burns on her face
and chest. Prosecutors have theorized the puncture and burns were
the result of her attempt to escape Edmiston after the sexual
assault by crawling under his vehicle, where she was burned and
wounded by the vehicle's hot catalytic converter.
Now you tell me if this guy is still alive...I think we have a problem...
