In March 2026, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruling in Commonwealth v. Derek Lee struck down automatic mandatory sentences of life without parole (LWOP) for second-degree murder — a murder committed during another felony, even if the defendant did not kill anyone. While determining that the LWOP sentence was unconstitutional, the . . .

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