More people are serving life sentences without parole in Pennsylvania than almost anywhere else in America. An increasingly vocal movement is trying to change that.
Unanimity is necessary for the five-member Pennsylvania Board of Pardons to recommend that the governor grant a pardon or commute a sentence of life in prison or death.
Pennsylvania s Board of Pardons must vote unanimously in order for a person to be recommended for a pardon. HB 1410 would change it to a simple majority.The post A proposed
HARRISBURG — Unanimity is necessary for the five-member Pennsylvania Board of Pardons to recommend that the governor grant a pardon or commute a sentence of life in prison or death.