“The families of the victims are victimized again and again, this time by the failure of the criminal justice system to carry out the law. If there is to be no death penalty law in Pennsylvania, such decision should come from the legislative body.”
Justice Correale F. Stevens
Pa. Supreme Court upholds Gov. Wolf’s death penalty moratorium
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Monday upheld Gov. Tom Wolf’s constitutional authority to grant temporary reprieves to inmates on death row.