Penn State researchers analyze death penalty findings
Study looks at whether racial bias affects the imposition of capital punishment in the state.
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Executing Justice: The discretionary nature of the death penalty in Pennsylvania
Fewer than 2 percent of homicides in last 4 decades have resulted in death sentences, a Reading Eagle study finds.
Reporter's Notebook: One of the dangers of being a data nerd
I’m glad I don’t see all the challenges before I launch into my big data idea.
Executing Justice: A look at the cost of Pennsylvania's death penalty
Critics say death penalty cases drain public coffers, and money could be better spent elsewhere while the inmates serve life.
Reading Eagle reporter Nicole C. Brambila wins national writing award
Nicole C. Brambila has won for the second consecutive year a national writing award for her story about the clergyman who ministered a...
Victim can't forget, but he forgives
The lone survivor of a brutal attack on his family argues against executing the killer.
Executions continue to dip across the country
There were only 28 in 2015, a reflection of waning public confidence in the system.
Superintendent: Movie depiction of death row is off the mark
Robert Gilmore, who runs the State Correctional Institution at Greene in Waynesburg, Greene County, which houses about eight in 10 of those under the...
Former death row inmate describes his ordeal
After more than 16 years in prison, 10 on death row, Harold C. Wilson was exonerated of three murders in Philadelphia in 1988.
Mother of convicted killers put in difficult spot
Although the commonwealth has tried hundreds of sons in capital cases the past four decades ago, few mothers know the anguish, as Catherin Gethers...
A look at those exonerated in Pennsylvania
More 150 death-row inmates have been exonerated in the U.S. since 1973, six in the commonwealth.
Ministering to condemned killer has powerful impact on clergyman
The Rev. Henry "Harry" Covert says it was he, and not death row inmate Keith Zettlemoyer, who got the most from the pair's pre-execution encounter in...
The view from the bench on capital punishment
Judges are hesitant to throw their weight behind the death penalty, saying it’s unevenly administered and costly.
Attorney fights for his clients' lives
Defense attorney Robert J. Kirwan II describes the thrills and agonies that go with handling capital cases.
DA supports death penalty, but not adamantly
John T. Adams says he can be satisfied with life sentences in cases deemed severe enough to warrant the death penalty.
Jurors in capital cases face serious challenges
Pair who served on panel in recent trial describe the process of making a life and death decision.
Is the death penalty a dying sentence?
Capital punishment has been under siege recently, and some observers believe the Supreme Court may abolish it in the not too distant future.
Widow of slain policeman adamant in support of death penalty
Tricia Wertz says she is still suffering the effects of her husband's killing nine years later.
Cop killer describes harsh conditions on death row
Cletus C. Rivera discusses challenges of life in near constant solitary confinement.
Reporter explains idea behind series on death penalty
Nicole C. Brambila notes the virtues of looking at a big issue from many different perspectives.
Disorder in the court: Troubled attorneys often take on capital cases
Nearly one in five defendants who were sentenced to death in Pennsylvania since 2010 were represented by a lawyer with disciplinary problems.
Grieving families want louder voice in death penalty cases
The daughter of Vicki Johnson-Williams was killed by a man who was given life in prison instead of a death sentence.
Court hears challenge to Wolf's death penalty moratorium
The justices grilled the attorneys who contend that the governor overstepped his executive powers.
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