WHEREAS, MARK DEAN SCHWAB, did on the 18th day of April, 1991, murder Junny Rios-Martinez; and

WHEREAS, MARK DEAN SCHWAB, on the 22nd day of May, 1992, was found guilty of murder in the first degree, sexual battery upon a child, and kidnapping of a child under 13; and

WHEREAS, MARK DEAN SCHWAB, on the 1st day of July, 1992, was sentenced to death; and

WHEREAS, on the 15th day of June, 1994, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed the conviction and sentence; and

WHEREAS, on the 26th day of August, 1994, MARK DEAN SCHWAB, filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court; and

WHEREAS, on the 20th day of October, 1994, the Petition for Writ of Certiorari was denied by the United States Supreme Court; and

WHEREAS, on the 18th day of December, 1995, MARK DEAN SCHWAB, filed a Motion for Post-Conviction Relief in the trial court; and

WHEREAS, on the 12th day of October, 1999, the trial court denied the Motion for Post-Conviction Relief; and

WHEREAS, on the 12th day of November, 1999, MARK DEAN SCHWAB, appealed the trial court’s denial of his post-conviction motion to the Florida Supreme Court; and

WHEREAS, on the 10th day of August, 2000, MARK DEAN SCHWAB, filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus with the Florida Supreme Court; and

WHEREAS, on the 29th day of April, 2002, the Florida Supreme Court affirmed the trial court’s denial of the Motion for Post-Conviction Relief and also denied the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus; and

WHEREAS, on the 29th day of April, 2003, MARK DEAN SCHWAB filed a Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus with the United States District Court, Middle District; and

WHEREAS, on the 30th day of June, 2005, the United States District Court, Middle District, denied the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus; and

WHEREAS, on the 29th day of July, 2005, MARK DEAN SCHWAB, filed an appeal of the District Court’s denial of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus, and

WHEREAS, on the 15th day of June, 2006, the United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit, affirmed the denial of the Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus; and

WHEREAS, on the 11th day of November, 2006, MARK DEAN SCHWAB, filed a Petition for Writ of Certiorari in the United States Supreme Court; and

WHEREAS, on the 16th day of January, 2007, the United States Supreme Court denied the Petition for Writ of Certiorari; and

WHEREAS, no appeals are pending; and

WHEREAS, it has been determined that Executive Clemency, as authorized by Article IV, Section 8(a), Florida Constitution, is not appropriate; and

WHEREAS, attached hereto is a certified copy of the record pursuant to Section 922.052, Florida Statutes;

NOW, THEREFORE, I, CHARLIE CRIST, as Governor of the State of Florida and pursuant to the authority and responsibility vested in me by the Constitution and Laws of Florida, do hereby issue this warrant, directing the Warden of the Florida State Prison to cause the sentence of death to be executed upon MARK DEAN SCHWAB, in accord with the provisions of the laws of the State of Florida.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Great Seal of the State of Florida to be affixed at Tallahassee, the Capitol, this 18th day of July, 2007.