The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder are unconstitutional — a significant decision that is likely to reshape a portion of state law ...

In Commonwealth v. Lee, the court held that Pennsylvania’s automatic life-without-parole sentence for felony murder is unconstitutional because it fails to account for individual culpability. The ...

Pennsylvania’s high court on Thursday overturned the use of automatic life sentences without parole for people convicted of second-degree murder, saying it violates the state’s constitutional ban on ...

There’s a little-understood law in Pennsylvania that can send someone to prison for life without parole for murder, even when they didn’t actually kill someone. It’s called felony murder, or ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has ruled that mandatory life sentences for second-degree murder are unconstitutional, delivering a decision long sought by criminal justice advocates. Pennsylvania and ...