Title

Second Looks, Second Chances for Pennsylvania Lifers: Commutation by the Numbers

Authors

Regina Austin, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law SchoolFollow
Adam Brody, University of Pennsylvania
Isam Keith Smith
David DiGuglielmo, Pennsylvania Prison Society
Kathleen M. Brown, University of Pennsylvania
Marie Gottschalk, University of Pennsylvania
Tyrone Werts
Steve Blackburn
Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law

Document Type

Video Recording

Publication Date

10-6-2017

Abstract

In PA, life means life without the possibility of parole (“LWOP”) or “death by incarceration.” Executive commutations offer long-serving rehabilitated lifers the hope of release some day and Pennsylvanians the possibility of more tax revenue being spent on education and drug treatment. In the past 20 years, governors have only granted 8 commutations. There are now over 5,000 lifers in the state’s prisons. “Second Looks, Second Chances” is part of the Parole Eligibility Education Initiative of Lifers Inc. of SCI Graterford. For more information, see https://www.lifersincpa.org/.

Repository Citation

Austin, Regina; Brody, Adam; Smith, Isam Keith; DiGuglielmo, David; Brown, Kathleen M.; Gottschalk, Marie; Werts, Tyrone; Blackburn, Steve; and Penn Program on Documentaries & the Law, "Second Looks, Second Chances for Pennsylvania Lifers: Commutation by the Numbers" (2017). Documentaries & the Law Videos. 6.
https://scholarship.law.upenn.edu/doclaw/6

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