Hands Off Cain
PENNSYLVANIA·DEATH PENALTY·AUGUST 8, 2006·1 MIN READ

Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. ordered a new trial for John Lesko...

Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. ordered a new trial for John Lesko...

Westmoreland County Judge Richard E. McCormick Jr. ordered a new trial for John Lesko, 47, ruling Lesko's attorney was deficient during the 1981 murder trial and a 1995 resentencing hearing.
Lesko and Michael Travaglia, 47, were convicted and sentenced to death for the killing of police officer Leonard Miller and 3 other people in a January 1980 murder string.
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  • (Sources: WTAE TV Pittsburgh, 08/08/2006)