Pennsylvania's high court on Thursday overturned the use of automatic life sentences without parole for people convicted of second-degree murder, saying it violates the state's constitutional ban on ...

Pennsylvania’s high court on Thursday overturned the use of automatic life sentences without parole for people convicted of second-degree murder, saying it violates the state’s constitutional ban on ...

In Commonwealth v. Lee, the court held that Pennsylvania’s automatic life-without-parole sentence for felony murder is unconstitutional because it fails to account for individual culpability. The ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Pennsylvania's practice of sentencing those convicted of felony murder to automatic life sentences is unconstitutional. Gov. Josh Shapiro on Thursday ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder are unconstitutional, delivering a decision long sought by criminal justice advocates. Pennsylvania and ...