the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a Pennsylvania death sentence.

the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated a Pennsylvania death sentence. Federal courts in Pennsylvania had set aside the death sentence of Andre Stevens because a prospective juror who opposed capital punishment was excluded from the jury.
Stevens' case now goes back to the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He has other unresolved claims that he argues merit setting aside the death sentence.
Stevens was convicted of killing his wife and a man who had been dancing with her at a bar in 1992. When prospective jurors underwent questioning in the penalty phase of Stevens' trial, one of them was excused after declaring, "I don't believe in the death penalty." The killings and the trial took place in Beaver County, Pa. The case is Beard v. Stevens, 06-511.