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"Pa. lifers seeking clemency in wake of US ruling"

By Douglas A. Berman

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The title of this post is the headline of this new AP article discussing litigation and other developments surrounding possible clemency grants for those serving life sentences in Pennsylvania. Here are excerpts: Tyrone Werts earned a college degree, counseled at-risk teenagers, organized an anti-crime summit, sold Girl Scout cookies, and once prevented the rape of a teacher ? all while serving a life sentence for second-degree murder and robbery. Regarded as a model prisoner for nearly 35 years, Werts, 57, will appear before the state Board of Pardons on Thursday to ask for a commutation of his sentence. He and another inmate, William Fultz, also 57, are the first lifers to go before the board since a federal judge ruled in June that thousands of Pennsylvania inmates sentenced to life should have an easier path toward clemency...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on September 03, 2009 (boomark / email).

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