PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- As a young man on the streets of Homewood, Robby Wideman was bound for trouble. At just 24, he got involved in a robbery gone wrong. Things went south when his accomplice shot and ...

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Pennsylvania’s high court on Thursday overturned the use of automatic life sentences without parole for people convicted of second-degree murder, saying it violates the state’s constitutional ban on ...

Pa. Supreme Court Strikes Down Mandatory Life Sentences for 2nd-Degree Murder The state’s highest court held that Pennsylvania’s sentencing violates the state constitution by failing to account for ...

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of parole for second degree murder is unconstitutional. Under current Pennsylvania law, any person ...