life-without-parole
Pa. Supreme court case challenges parole ban for felony-murder convictions
Lawyers for the appellants, who were teens when they were convicted and spent decades behind bars, call it a 'first-of-its-kind' case.
Philly DA Krasner: We’re doing ‘everything we can’ to fight rising violence against city women
The prosecutor's comments came days after a pregnant woman was shot dead while unloading baby shower gifts.
COMMENTARY 
Life without parole has turned Pa.’s prisons into hospices for the hopeless | Opinion
People are aging and dying in prison, withering away to nothing with no chance of ever returning to the free world
COMMENTARY 
Gov. Wolf can — and must — save the lives of our incarcerated loved ones | Opinion
During a pandemic, prisons are deadly. The nature of confinement makes it almost impossible for people to practice social distancing
These crime victims have lost loved ones to murder — and to prison. That’s why they want to end life without parole in Pennsylvania
The move faces staunch opposition from the Office of the Victim Advocate, Pennsylvania’s official victim advocacy agency.