In May, several state senators, encouraged by the vote...
In May, several state senators, encouraged by the vote in the Nebraska legislature to suspend executions for two years, urged Pennsylvania to adopt a similar measure and commission a study on whether condemned prisoners receive adequate legal counsel and
In May, several state senators, encouraged by the vote in the Nebraska legislature to suspend executions for two years, urged Pennsylvania to adopt a similar measure and commission a study on whether condemned prisoners receive adequate legal counsel and whether race is a factor in sentencing. The bill, sponsored by Sen. Edward W. Helfrick, R-Columbia, was defeated, as was a bill to abolish the death penalty proposed at the House by Rep. Michael Horsey, D-Philadelphia.