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Pennsylvania


State update

Link to Pennsylvanians for Alternatives to the Death Penalty

Link to death penalty statute

Not available

Link to execution statute

Not available

Date death penalty reenacted

March 26, 1974

Can a defendant get death penalty for a felony in which s/he was not responsible for the murder?

No

How is the sentence determined?

Jury

Location of death row(s)

SCI Greene (Waynesburg) or SCI Graterford (Women: Muncy)

Clemency process

Governor has authority to grant clemency with advice of Board of Pardons and Paroles

Time of execution (in law and/or by custom)

Not specified

Number of people exonerated from death row since 1973

6

Names of people exonerated from death row since 1973



Execution Method

Lethal Injection

Total Executions Since State's Reinstatement of the Death Penalty: 3


Contact the SDPAC for Pennsylvania

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