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PA: Tyrone Werts and William Fultz First to Go Before Board of Parole After Federal Judge Ruling But Now Must Wait Again

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

This was sent to me Gale Muhammad of Women Who Never Give Up!. Please send letters in support of Werts and Fultz can be sent to the Pennsylvania Board of pardons 333 Market St. 15th floor, Harrisburg PA 17126-0333. Below is the story in the Philadelphia Inquirer. A bio for Tyrone Werts is attached. Thank you. Lifers' commutation bids stalled Two Graterford inmates must wait until an appeal of a June ruling is decided. By Michael Rubinkam September 5, 2009 Associated Press HARRISBURG - Two Graterford Prison inmates who have won plaudits for their decades-long efforts to reduce prison violence and counsel troubled youths will have to wait to hear whether their life sentences will be commuted. The inmates, convicted Philadelphia murderers Tyrone Werts and William Fultz, were the first lifers to go before the state Board of Pardons since a federal judge decided that thousands of Pennsylvania inmates sentenced to life should have an easier path toward clemency...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on September 09, 2009 (boomark / email).