Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman has repeatedly called for 'justice' for prisoners convicted of second-degree murder in the state.
on March 1, 2021, Fetterman said the reports documented"the lives that are destroyed" and"the resources that are wasted" due to Pennsylvania’s statute, and that he hoped the reports’ findings would"lead to a conversation" that would free close to 1,200 people.
At the time, PLSE reported that there were 1,166 people incarcerated in the state serving life sentences without parole for second-degree murder. According to FindLaw, a law information website powered by Thomson Reuters, second-degree murder is generally defined as any intentional killing that is not premeditated or planned, although the definition varies by jurisdiction. In Pennsylvania, second-degree murder also encompasses accomplice liability and applies when someone dies related to a felony, which is defined as committing, attempting to commit, or fleeing from an act of robbery, burglary, kidnapping, rape, or arson.
Fetterman has long argued that people incarcerated for felony murder should be granted clemency hearings.
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