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April 4, 2022 | 3:52 PM

Pennsylvania aims to reduce wait for clemency by years

Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said his goal is for the state Board of Pardons to use the online system to turn around an application for a pardon or commutation in a year or less.

By Marc Levy/The Associated Press and Sam Dunklau
February 4, 2021 | 7:52 AM

Life without parole for ‘felony murder’: Pa. case targets sentencing law

More than 1,000 people are serving life without parole in Pennsylvania, even though they never intended to kill anyone. Seventy percent of those people are Black.
By Carrie Johnson/NPR
December 30, 2020 | 7:57 AM

‘End this cruelty’: Progressives call on Biden to work to stop executions

After nearly two decades without a federal execution, the Trump administration resumed the practice earlier this year. The executions, including ones scheduled to take place just days before Biden's inauguration, have prompted criticism of the Trump administration's actions.
By Juana Summers/NPR

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December 9, 2019 | 5:19 PM

Ex-lifer back on track for release amid old shoplifting case

A Pennsylvania man who earned a reprieve from a life sentence only to be held on a long-ago shoplifting charge is back on track to be released.

By Maryclaire Dale/The Associated Press