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Ruling could aid Pennsylvania prison lifers seeking release

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

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The big word in the headline is COULD. Lois Posted on Fri, Jun. 26, 2009 Ruling could aid Pa. prison lifers seeking release PETER JACKSON The Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. - A federal judge has reaffirmed a ruling that could make it easier for inmates serving life sentences in Pennsylvania prisons to get commutation requests considered by the governor. The ruling by U.S. District Judge A. Richard Caputo in Scranton could affect hundreds of lifers who committed their crimes before voters amended the state constitution in November 1997 to toughen the standards for clemency requests from lifers. The amendment, part of an anti-crime package advocated by then-Gov. Tom Ridge, requires the unanimous approval of the state Pardons Board before a commutation is recommended to the governor , allowing a single board member to block a commutation...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on June 27, 2009 (boomark / email).

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