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The second-degree sentencing deadline has passed.What happens now?

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By Danielle Ohl
| SCOOP USA Verified
by Danielle Ohl/Spotlight PA Spotlight PA The Pennsylvania General Assembly has missed the deadline set for it by the state Supreme Court without passing a legislative solution to the commonwealth’s unconstitutional sentencing scheme for second-degree murder. A killing is considered second-degree murder if it occurs during the course of a violent felony, including robbery, rape, or arson.
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Pennsylvania lawmakers still at odds over murder sentences

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By Danielle Ohl
| Altoona Mirror Verified
When one of the men responsible for killing her brother agreed to plead to second-degree murder, the law's lack of ambiguity made Melody Kocis Bartusek and her parents feel comfortable with the agreement. He would be in prison forever, she said. That same inflexibility moved Nancy Leichter to support the release of the two men who likely gave her father the shock that prompted his fatal heart attack. They didn't deserve to be in prison forever, she said.
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Second-degree sentencing deadline in PA has passed. What happens now?

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By Danielle Ohl
| Bucks County Courier Times Verified
HARRISBURG — The Pennsylvania General Assembly has missed the deadline set for it by the state Supreme Court without passing a legislative solution to the commonwealth's unconstitutional sentencing scheme for second-degree murder. A killing is considered second-degree murder if it occurs during the course of a violent felony, including robbery, rape, or arson.
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