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Feb 16, 2023 · Published 1:39 PM PDT, February 16, 2023. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro said Thursday he will not allow Pennsylvania to execute any inmates while he is in office and called for the state’s lawmakers to repeal the death penalty. Shapiro, inaugurated last month, said he will refuse to sign execution warrants and will use ...
May 1, 2023 · The state executed over 1,000 people before the death penalty was abolished nationwide in 1972, making it the third largest user of capital punishment in that time period. After the United States Supreme Court, in 1976, announced new constitutional requirements for death penalty schemes, Pennsylvania reinstated the death penalty in 1978.
Nov 7, 2023 · A bill to repeal the death penalty in Pennsylvania has passed a committee in the commonwealth’s House of Representatives. The Pennsylvania House Judiciary Committee voted 15-10 in favor of HB 999 on October 31, 2023. That vote is the first step toward abolishing the death penalty in Pennsylvania, which has had a formal moratorium on ...
Oct 31, 2023 · After several months of anticipation, a Pennsylvania House committee on Tuesday cleared two bills regarding the commonwealth’s death penalty – one that would tighten the standard for its use ...
Feb 16, 2023 · By the time Shapiro reaches the final year of his first term, the death penalty will have been legal in Pennsylvania for 50 years after its reinstatement. Shapiro called on lawmakers to change that. Pennsylvania, he said, should join the 25 other states that have abolished the death penalty.
- Matthew Rink
- PA State Team Sprint Reporter
Nov 1, 2023 · The Capitol building in Harrisburg on Oct. 12, 2023. Pennsylvania is among 27 states that allow the death penalty, but some state representatives are trying to change that. Legislation introduced by Rep. Christopher Rabb, D-Philadelphia calling for the end of the practice was voted out of committee Tuesday. The state has executed three people ...
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Nov 22, 2023 · The House Judiciary Committee has passed with bipartisan support a bill that would end capital punishment in Pennsylvania. The passage of HB 999 by the House Judiciary Committee on Oct. 31 came just days before Gallup released new poll results showing the death penalty falling in favor with Americans to its lowest level in half a century.
