Philadelphia / Protesters urge legislature to end mandatory life sentences

A landmark Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling on March 26, 2026, determined that mandatory life without parole sentences for second-degree felony murder violate the Pennsylvania state constitution as well as the Eighth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment. Rally for passage of legislation to end mandatory . . .

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