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

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