The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling is part of a nationwide trend to challenge life without parole sentences.

There’s a little-understood law in Pennsylvania that can send someone to prison for life without parole for murder, even when they didn’t actually kill someone. It’s called felony murder, or ...

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A major shift in Pennsylvania homicide sentencing is on the way after the state Supreme Court ruled that people convicted of second-degree murder can no longer ...