Former SCI-Somerset Inmate Sentenced to Death for Killing Corrections Officer

Former SCI-Somerset inmate sentenced to death for killing corrections officer

A former SCI-Somerset inmate was sentenced to death in Somerset County court Wednesday for killing Sgt. Mark Baserman.

Former Somerset inmate who murdered SCI Sergeant sentenced to death

UPDATE: SOMERSET, Pa. (WTAJ) -- Paul Kendrick has been sentenced to death for the killing of Sergeant Mark Basserman. Kendrick was handed the sentence along with two consecutive life sentences for the aggravated assault of Basserman and Officer McDow. "It's just a dark day," Kendrick's attorney told the court moments before the sentence was read. SOMERSET, Pa. (WTAJ) -- After a jury determined he should be sentenced to death in April, a former S…

Judge approves death sentence for inmate convicted of killing SCI Somerset CO

An inmate convicted of brutally beating and killing an SCI Somerset Corrections Officer will now be placed on death row.Former SCI Somerset inmate Paul Kendrick

Pittsburgh man sentenced to die because of being convicted of murdering a corrections officer from SCI Somerset in 2018 as a prisoner from a previous murder conviction - Beaver County Radio

(File Photo of a Gavel) Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News (Pittsburgh, PA) A man from Pittsburgh was recently put on death row because of his conviction of murdering a SCI Somerset corrections officer. In March of 2025, Paul Kendrick received a guilty charge of first-degree murder and two counts of aggravated assault and assault by a prisoner. According to a report from WJAC, a judge approved the recommendation to kill Kendrick yesterday ev…

Judge Approves Death Sentence For Inmate Who Killed Guard At SCI Somerset

An inmate convicted earlier of beating and killing a guard in 2018 will now be placed on death row.  Former SCI Somerset inmate Paul Kendrick was in court yesterday, where a judge agreed with a jury’s prior recommendation to sentence him to death.  In March, a jury convicted Kendrick of first-degree murder in the killing of Sgt. Mark Baserman, who was a corrections officer at SCI Somerset.  It should be noted that Pennsylvania currently has a mo…

Former SCI inmate heads to death row; judge approves death sentence

Former SCI-Somerset inmate Paul Kendrick was sentenced to death Wednesday for a corrections sergeant's 2018 murder.