In the last four months, three men were scheduled to be executed – Terrance Williams, Hubert Michael and Mark Spotz. Last minute appeals delayed those cases, which are now pending before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court and a federal appeals court. Decisions will be made about the
Hundreds of you have sent emails to the PA Board of Pardons and the Governor about the death penalty in recent months. You can send another message here. Here is an update on the pending capital cases: 1) Terrance Williams: On September 28, 2012, Common Pleas Court Judge Sarmi
UPDATE: CLICK HERE TO READ ABOUT THE CURRENT DEATH PENALTY CASES. The US Supreme Court affirmed the stay of execution for Hubert Michael. He will not be executed tonight and his execution warrant will expire. Here is more information on this decision. The PCC will continue to update
A Common Pleas Court judge today issued a stay of execution for Terrance Williams. The Philadelphia District Attorney has appealed this decision. If this order stands, Mr. Williams will have a resentencing hearing. Stay tuned for more updates. Williams would have been the first execu
Click here to ask Governor Corbett for a reprieve. Terrance Williams is scheduled to be executed on Wednesday, October 3. On September 17, the Board of Pardons voted 3-2 vote in favor of clemency, but a unanimous vote was needed. The Attorney General was among those who voted for cl
In his weekly column, Philadelphia’s Archbishop Chaput (and PCC Chairman) addresses the death penalty and the upcoming execution of Terrance Williams. “We should think very carefully in the coming days about the kind of justice we want to witness to our young people. Most
What does the Catholic Church teach about capital punishment? Pennsylvania has 202 inmates on death row. Execution warrants were signed last month for four of them. One received a stay, two may have other appeals, but one appears to have exhausted his options – Terrance Williams. His
Two hundred and five Pennsylvanians currently sit on death row. In Pennsylvania, even though hundreds of people have been sentenced to death, only three people – those who waived their right to appeal – have been executed since 1978 (the year the General Assembly reinstated the death
The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference (PCC) bids farewell today to former Archbishop of Philadelphia, Cardinal Anthony Bevilaqua, who died last week at the age of 88. The Solemn Funeral Mass for Cardinal Bevilacqua is scheduled to take place at 2:00 p.m. today, Tuesday, February 7, at
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