Gov. Tom Corbett. Courtesy of Wiki Commons.Gov. Tom Corbett Tuesday signed execution warrants for two men, including a Philadelphia man convicted of killing a protected murder witness.Laquaille Bryant, now 32, was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder for shooting and killing Chante Wright and Octavia Green in the early morning hours of Jan. 19, 2008, according to a news release.Wright was a key witness in a different homicide that was scheduled to go to trial in May 2oo8. After leaving a safe house in Florida, where she was staying as part of the witness protection program, she returned to visit her sick great-grandmother in Philly on Jan. 18, 2008.On the day of her return Wright and Green picked up Bryant in a rental car and drove around the city. Around 2 a.m. on Jan. 19, Bryant pulled out a gun and shot both women three times.Bryant would later tell a friend that he believed he was going to be paid for killing Wright for her role as a witness in the other homicide, according to a news release.Bryant will be executed on Jan. 29, 2014.In Jefferson County, Robert Gene Rega,now 47, killed a 50-year-old night watchman - execution style - during a hotel robbery on the night of Dec. 21, 2000, according to a news release.Rega will be executed on Jan. 28, 2014.Including these two warrants, Corbett has approved 29 executions since he took office.In Pennsylvania, executions are carried out by lethal injection.____________________Follow Tommy Rowan on Twitter: @tommyrowanFollow Metro Philadelphia on Twitter: @metrophillyFollow Metro Philadelphia on Facebook: Metro Philadelphia
