Tag: state’s life-without-parole sentences
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The state’s life with no parole sentences is being challenged by the Pennsylvania high court
According to the justices’ announcement on Friday, Pennsylvania’s high court would examine whether certain prisoners’ automatic life terms for murder convictions violate their constitutional rights. Derek Lee, who was found guilty of killing someone in 2014, is pursuing an appeal because the state’s life without parole statute breaks the ban on cruel punishment found in both…