9/11/18
by News Department on 09/11/18Life in Prison...
A convicted murderer who shot and killed two of his family members in 1993 was resentenced Monday in Schuylkill County Court.
In October of 1993, 50 year old Daniel Saranchak, of Pottsville, shot and killed his grandmother Stella Saranchak and Uncle Edmund Saranchak at their home near Pottsville.
In 1994, Saranchak was found guilty of first-degree murder. A jury then decided that Saranchak should get the death penalty.
In October of 2015, a federal appeals court overturned that death sentence.
The judges said Saranchak's attorney was ineffective during the penalty phase.
Then on Monday, there were new developments and Judge Cyrus Palmer Dolbin imposed two consecutive life sentences on Saranchak plus an additional 25 to 50 years in a state correctional institution for other crimes.
