Karl Keys has more on Pennsylvania's newly created Innocence Commission at Capital Defense Weekly. LINK
Although not directly related to the death penalty, for several years here a bid to create an Innocence Commission in Pennsylvania (here, here, & here) has been discussed. Pennsylvania has had some problems with wrongful convictions & wrongful convictions has long been an interest both professionally and here. State Senator Greenleaf (R-Montgomery Co.) introduced a Senate Resolution (SR 381) to create an Innocence Commission as an advisory commission under the joint state government committee. The Resolution passed yesterday. In practical terms it means that the commission needs no additional legislative action to occur and will go a long way in exploring how to improve the criminal justice process in the Keystone state.
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