https://www.post-gazette.com/news/state/2023/02/05/shapiro-must-decide-whether-and-how-to-keep-wolf-s-death-penalty-moratorium-in-place/stories/202302050045

With all the concerns raised by the task force, it’s very unlikely that Mr. Shapiro will allow executions to resume, said Kathleen Lucas, executive director of Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty.

“We're still the only state in the country that doesn't fund attorneys for people that can't afford to hire one. We've got police and prosecutors who've engaged in serious misconduct. There's one case where the DA's office told the defendant that if he didn't plead guilty, they would seek the death penalty against him. Guess what? He wasn't even eligible for the death penalty,” she said.

“You just can't carry out an execution when you've already been warned that the system is broken. There's no way Gov. Shapiro is going to end the moratorium,” she said.

https://triblive.com/opinion/rob-perkins-fair-defense-funding-is-a-must-for-criminal-justice-reform/

“Our local system for providing counsel to poor people facing criminal charges violates people’s constitutional rights. The most pressing problem is chronic underfunding. Attorney compensation in particular hasn’t increased in 17 years.

Predictably, unfair pay leads to underperformance. This should matter to all of us. When defense attorneys fail to do their job effectively, the criminal legal system malfunctions — and good people’s lives are ruined. Allegheny County President Judge Kim Berkeley Clark must act to improve this system.”

- Rob Perkins for Trib Live

https://www.inquirer.com/news/alexander-mcclay-williams-murder-conviction-overturned-delaware-county-20220615.html?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=mnl_6_16_2022&clickText=trying-to-prove-his-innocence&clickHeader=opening-note&sfmc_id=0031U000024AbWwQAK&sub_source=daily_morning_newsletter&list_name=DE08_Daily_Morning_Newsletter&int_promo=newsletter&et_rid=591158412

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/philadelphia-prison-advisory-board-20220609.html

https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2022/03/10/pennsylvania-can-t-afford-the-death-penalty/stories/202203050037

https://www.ydr.com/story/news/crime/2022/02/28/kevin-dowling-pennsylvania-trial-shooting-spring-grove-1997/6943850001/

https://theblackwallsttimes.com/2021/11/10/sources-oklahoma-ag-pushing-governor-stitt-to-execute-julius-jones/

“The reason it’s so offensive is that being executed by the state is the ultimate involuntary act,” Marc Bookman, a co-founder and the executive director of the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation, told me. “What could be less voluntary? They give you the whole Camus business about when you’re going to be executed and whatnot. And then the state tasks you with coming up with a means of execution that’s constitutional. And what that does is it converts an involuntary act into a collaboration between you and the people who’re trying to kill you.”