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Statement on Joint State Government Commission Report on Capital Punishment

Just three people have been executed in the past 56 years in Pennsylvania, yet more than 466 death warrants have been signed since 1985.Currently there are 150 inmates on death row. In 2012, the Joint State Government Commission was asked to study the practice and process of capital p
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June 29, 2018
by Hill
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Surviving the Death Penalty

In August 1975, a jury found Ronnie Bridgeman (who has since changed his name to Kwame Kamau Ajamu) guilty of murder and a judge sentenced him to death. “I was marked for death.” He lived nearly 40 years of his life as Number 150. Almost four decades later, a witness who was 12 years
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October 17, 2017
by Blue
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death penalty, death row, exoneree, representative chris rabb, respect life month, senator daylin leach

An Appeal for Clemency for Another Death Row Inmate

UPDATE: Board of Pardons Hearing Postponed to Wednesday, November 7, 2012
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November 01, 2012
by Hill
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board of pardons, capital punishment, choose life, clemency, death penalty, death row, execution, Hubert Michael

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