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After the 2018 midterm election, the Pennsylvania Congressional delegation made a big shift from 13 Republicans and five Democrats to an even split of…
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An odd-couple pair of House lawmakers are teaming up on a bill that would get rid of the death penalty in Pennsylvania.Capital punishment has long been an…
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A new report from a group that tracks the death penalty in America finds that executions have reached the lowest point since 1991.For the fourth year in a…
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will weigh whether to block the use of the death penalty unless the state overhauls how it is imposed. In an order Monday,…
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Witness to Innocence, a national anti-death penalty organization based in Philadelphia, staged an event in the city Thursday calling for Pennsylvania to…
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The Tree of Life shooting, which left 11 Jewish worshippers dead, has been deemed the most fatal anti-Semitic attack in American history. Federal…
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A Pennsylvania woman gave birth in a sports bar bathroom and left the baby there, where it soon died. Now the woman is sentenced to spend the rest of her…
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Pennsylvania’s District Attorneys Association is criticizing a recently-released study that gives the commonwealth a number of recommendations to improve…
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A study released Monday suggested a number of changes to the death penalty system in Pennsylvania, including setting up a publicly funded agency to…
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President Donald Trump's plan to combat opioid drug addiction nationwide calls for stiffer penalties for drug traffickers, including the death penalty…