Harrisburg, PA – Department of Corrections Secretary John
Wetzel, Monday, signed a Notice of Execution setting June 22, 2020, for the
execution of Eric Frein.
Frein was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2014
murder of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Cpl. Bryon Dickson II during an
ambush attack of the Blooming Grove barracks in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The law provides that when the governor does not sign a
warrant of execution within the specified time period, the secretary of
corrections has 30 days within which to issue a notice of execution.
The General Assembly has yet to address the inadequacies in
the death penalty system as detailed in the Joint State Government Commission
report issued in 2018.
Governor Wolf issues temporary reprieves if a warrant
reaches his desk without further appeals. We are not yet at that point in this
case.
Any remaining appeals or stays an individual pursues would
be part of the court case, and questions pertaining to those appeals or stays
would be best directed to the individual's attorneys.