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Media Advisory: New Felony Murder Bills Would Give Pennsylvania’s Incarcerated Much-Needed Second Chances February 5, 2025 Press Conference 1:00 PM

Media Advisory: New Felony Murder Bills Would Give Pennsylvania’s Incarcerated Much-Needed Second Chances

Press conference to announce the formal introduction of two Pa. state bills to create the opportunity of parole for those incarcerated with second-degree felony murder sentences.

Media Coverage:

Philadelphia DA Larry Krasner (photo from facebook.com/KrasnerforDA) - in Bolts, May 21, 2025

Larry Krasner Easily Wins in Philadelphia, Reinforcing Network of Reform DAs

—BOLTS, 05/21/25

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Progressive groups endorse new ‘slate of eight’ for Allegheny County Common Pleas Court

—90.5 FM WESA, 04/01/25

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New bill would end mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder convictions in Pa.

—The Center Square, 02/10/25

PA State Capitol Building at twilight (Wikimedia Commons/Ted Van Pelt)

New bill would end mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder convictions in Pa.

—KYW Newsradio, 02/08/25

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Under Shapiro, half of clemency recommendations remain unsigned

—Spotlight PA, 12/12/24

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Formerly Incarcerated Voters Keep Bringing Up One Thing Again And Again: Project 2025

—The Intercept, 11/03/24

Pennsylvania State Capitol building in Harrisburg on July 26 Amanda Berg / Spotlight PA (cropped)

Pa. lawmakers weighing reform to mandatory life sentence for felony murder

—CNHI News, 05/30/24

How To Apply For Compassionate Release In Pennsylvania: An Interview With A Jailhouse Lawyer

—Prison Health News, 10/25/23

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Documentary on Devastating Cost of Life Without Parole Sentences Comes to Norristown

—Montgomery County Today 07/12/23

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Philadelphia’s Progressive Movement Aims for the Mayor’s Office

—Bolts, 05/02/23

How a Decarceral and Abolitionist Movement Helped Defeat the “Red Wave” in Pennsylvania

—Counterpunch, 02/09/23

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At Lehigh County Courthouse Rally, Advocates for Elderly and Ill Prisoners Urge Action on Compassionate Release

—The Morning Call, 08/10/22

"It's an emergency": Tens of thousands of incrcerated people are sexually assaulted each year

—The Appeal 04/18/22

Let sick and elderly prisoners like my brother come home | Opinion

—The Philadelphia Inquirer, 04/17/22

Dual victims advocate rally

—WGAL, 04/11/22

CFCF front entrance from State Road, Philadelphia, PA on Febuary 12, 2022. (Cory Clark)

Philly’s Hidden Human Rights Crisis: Part 2

—The Local, 02/21/22

Philly’s Hidden Human Rights Crisis: Part 1

—The Local, 02/17/22

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Op-Ed: Mass Incarceration Is An Urgent Human Rights Crisis​

—StateCollege.com, 02/16/22

Incarcerated Seniors Deserve a Chance to Come Home for the Holidays

—Yes Magazine, 12/13/21

Pa. lawmakers look to expand parole eligibility for aging, sick inmates

—Trib Live, 11/12/21

Bipartisan bill aims to allow Pa. lifers a chance at parole eligibility

—Pittsburgh City Paper, 11/12/21

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Pennsylvania lawmakers, prison reform advocates seek to expand eligibility for compassionate release

—WESA FM, 11/12/21

Straight Ahead- Prison Reform Badly Needed in PA- Interview With David Garlock and Tyree Little (Podcast)

—Barnstorming PA, 11/12/21

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Philly criminal justice advocates seek to end PA’s “Death by Incarceration”

—Metro Philadelphia, 11/10/21

Abuse at Philadelphia County Jails must stop now!

—Workers World, 10/27/21

Activists call for end to ‘death by incarceration’

—Workers World, 10/04/21

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Politico: How Progressives Are Knocking Out Local Judges Across the Country

—Politico, 09/03/21

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Pa. has made strides, but Wolf’s successor must continue criminal justice reform | Capital-Star Letters

—Pennsylvania Capital-Star, 08/20/21

Life without parole has turned Pa.’s prisons into hospices for the hopeless | Opinion

—Pennsylvania Capital-Star, 08/19/21

How Pittsburgh Activists are Seizing a Rare Chance to Reshape Courts

—The Appeal, 04/29/21

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