Posted on 11/25/2025 1:16:54 PM PST by nickcarraway
Prosecutors announced they will be seeking the death penalty for a Pennsylvania man accused of raping and killing his 2-year-old son in August.
The McKean County District Attorney’s Office announced the filing on Monday against 33-year-old Tyler Prescott of Bradford, citing four reasons that support the commonwealth’s first execution this century.
That sentence, however, would hinge on Prescott being convicted of first-degree murder, which is the only crime that can be punished by death according to PA law, but also comes with an alternative sentence of life in prison.
McKean County DA Stephanie Vettenburg-Shaffer said the Commonwealth will list the following factors from the statute that it will submit for sentencing upon a conviction for murder 1st in the case:
-The victim was a child under 12 years of age
-The killing occurred while the defendant was in the perpetration of a felony
-The death was committed by means of torture
-The killing occurred while the defendant was committing a felony under the Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act.
Prescott was originally charged with three counts of aggravated assault and one count of endangering the welfare of a child for injuries inflicted on his 2-year-old son between July 17 and August 14.
The child was pronounced dead on Thursday, August 14, after being transported to the Bradford Regional Medical Center.
Prescott was later charged with criminal homicide, rape of a child, rape of a child resulting in bodily injury, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse of a child resulting in serious bodily injury, aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault and incest of a minor.
Court records show he’s set to appear in court again on December 10.
The last person to be executed in Pennsylvania was Gary Heidnik in 1999 for raping and murdering two women in Philadelphia.
Put him in Gen Pop and let them take care of the problem...........
Somewhere, there is a ditzy DIPSTICK Court Jughead maggot who can’t wait to dismiss this case and be a far-left liberal hero for criminals and killers.
Agreed. Which is why Red Badger’s post #2 makes sense.
REWARD THE GUY WHO TAKES HIM OUT WITH BETTER MEALS-—BETTER PERKS.
Yup.
General population and a winky wink from the guards.
Escort him into a surveillance dead zone in the prison…
Let Nature take its course.
Only a sick animal could conceive of raping a 2-year old. He should be put down ASAP.
Yeah, maybe, twenty or thirty years from now.
First guy I’ve ever seen with Peyronie’s Disease of the nose.
I would happily do the honors myself.
Gov. Shapiro wants to abolish this penalty based on the urban mentality. Everyone else is opposed.
Way to many child abusers and child rapists walk out of prison to reoffend.
YES.
“Let’s all welcome Tyler Prescott who tortured, raped, and murdered his TWO year old son. 2 year old son.”
He won’t live 24hours. Guards will be “distracted”.
Not a member if the democrat party liars’ (er, party liners’) favored race, sex, gender and creed.)
Torture him first and then kill him.
That huffing and puffing is just to convince this oxygen thief’s lawyer to plea bargain a deal.
we have no shame anymore..we can't critcize anybody at the altar of diversity....so sick of our culture.
Unimaginably horrible!
But no doubt he will have a team of piece-of-excrement lawyers defending him.
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