Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Judge Anthony M. Mariani no longer plans on seating a death-penalty jury for cases brought to trial. Capital punishment technically is something that could happen in Pennsylvania. It’s a penalty that is on the books. It is used only for first-degree murder but requires
The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office plans to seek the death penalty against a man charged in the New Year’s Eve killings of three people, including a 12-year-old boy. Ronald Steave, 30, was charged Jan. 6 with three counts of homicide in connection with the shooting deaths of his ex,