"Pennsylvania governor imposes moratorium on death penalty" by Mark Scolforo, Associated Press February 14, 2015
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Governor Tom Wolf imposed a moratorium on the death penalty in Pennsylvania on Friday, calling the current system of capital punishment ‘‘error prone, expensive, and anything but infallible.’’
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The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association said Wolf had no authority to impose the moratorium, calling it a misuse of the concept of a reprieve.
‘‘He has rejected the decisions of juries that wrestled with the facts and the law before unanimously imposing the death penalty, disregarded a long line of decisions made by Pennsylvania and federal judges, ignored the will of the Legislature, and ultimately turned his back on the silenced victims of cold-blooded killers,’’ the association said.
An association spokeswoman said legal action in response was likely.
The head of the Pennsylvania State Troopers Association called the decision a sad day for the state and noted that Eric Frein, accused of killing State Police Corporal Bryon Dickson in the Poconos last year, would have faced a potential death sentence if convicted.
Still pushing that psyop script, 'eh?
‘‘Governor Wolf’s decision today is a travesty because it prevents the commonwealth and the family of Corporal Dickson from securing the penalty that is deserved. This decision also will affect the families of victims from all across the state who have had their loved ones torn from them due to senseless acts of violence,’’ said the group’s president, Joseph Kovel.
No it is not, what with all the frame jobs and wrongful convictions we have seen. The death penalty is one mistake that can't be fixed.
Wolf had promised a death penalty moratorium during his fall campaign against his predecessor, Republican Governor Tom Corbett.
I wonder what he has been up to lately.
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