Clemency bid rejected for condemned PA killer

HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS / AP: …  Terrance “Terry” Williams now claims he was sexually abused for years by the middle-aged man he admits beating to death in 1984 at the age of 18.

A unanimous vote was needed to recommend that Gov. Tom Corbett commute Williams’ sentence to life imprisonment, but two of the five board members voted no.

None of the board members, who include state Attorney General Linda Kelly and Lt. Gov. Jim Cawley, commented after the vote. Kelly favored clemency and Cawley opposed it…  (more)

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