Pa. Supreme Court to decide whether ban on mandatory life terms for second-degree murder is retroactive
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court is reviewing whether a ban on mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder should apply retroactively. The ruling could impact over 1,000 inmates currently serving life terms.
The case of Jerome Coffey, a Philadelphia man convicted of a 1992 murder and sentenced to life in prison, could decide whether more than a thousand other people get a chance at new sentences.
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