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Pa. Supreme Court to decide whether ban on mandatory life terms for second-degree murder is retroactive (opens the original)
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to decide whether its March ruling striking down automatic sentences of life without parole for second-degree murder applies to the people already serving them. The high court will rule in the case of Jerome Coffey, a Philadelphia man convicted in a 1992 killing in which prosecutors said a group of men posing as law enforcement officers boxed in a manâs car and shot him. The courtâs decision will reach well beyond Coffey. It will settle whether r
Man convicted of murder in West Philadelphia shooting that left three dead, injured several others (opens the original)
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A man who fired shots during a gun battle in West Philadelphia that left three men dead and wounded several others two years ago was convicted of murder this week. Tahir Shoatz, 30, was found guilty of third-degree murder in the death of Sekayi Robinson, 23, as well as attempted murder, aggravated assault, simple assault, four counts of reckless endangerment, and three firearms offenses, following a bench trial in Common Pleas Court. But Judge Roxanne Covington on Thursday acquitted Shoatz of mu
Parents accused of driving teen charged in Penn State studentâs killing to Colorado ordered to stand trial (opens the original)
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The parents of one of two teenagers charged with killing a Pennsylvania State University student in June drove him from Philadelphia to Colorado Springs, Colo., within hours of local television stations airing surveillance footage of the suspects police were seeking in the case, prosecutors said Thursday. Kaiseem Smith, 16, and Azzubair Outen-Fleming, 16, are charged with murder, conspiracy, and related offenses in the shooting death of William âBillyâ Schmidt, 22, who was killed June 6 afte
Philadelphia man convicted in killing of homeless man whose mother says she never stopped fighting for him (opens the original)
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For the seven months he lived on Manayunkâs streets before he was shot and killed, Joshua Daywaltâs mother said she tried to persuade him to come back to the life waiting for him. Jennifer Daywalt, of Phoenixville, ticked off the list: She regularly brought him bottled water, chips, and other easy-to-carry snacks at the encampment he frequented. She brought reassurance, too, reminding him that his family â three sisters, one brother, and two children â loved him and wanted him back home.
Prison lifers asked Pennsylvaniaâs top court to change how unconstitutional sentences are undone (opens the original)
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Nearly six months after Pennsylvaniaâs highest court struck down automatic life sentences for second-degree murder, four prisoners have asked the justices to extend that ruling to everyone still serving one â and to change how the state handles unconstitutional punishments going forward. The courtâs landmark ruling in March ended a practice most other states had abandoned or never adopted, and it required judges to weigh a defendantâs role in the crime in every second-degree murder case
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