August 22, 2017 In a case that reignited scrutiny of Pennsylvania’s death penalty and the workings of the state’s highest court, an evenly divided Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ordered a new death penalty hearing for Terrance Williams, convicted and condemned in the 1984 slaying of Germantown church deacon Amos Norwood…
Bills to Abolish the Death Penalty in PA Pass the House Judiciary Committee
"A Pennsylvania House committee on Monday passed a pair of bills that would abolish capital punishment in the...



