PHILLY.COM: Pennsylvania’s death penalty – used just three times since 1978 but as controversial as ever – was shelved by Gov. Wolf on Friday until after he gets the report of a task force studying the future of capital punishment.
Acting on concerns he first expressed during last year’s campaign, the new governor cited a wave of exonerations nationwide and questions about the effectiveness of executions.
“This decision is based on a flawed system that has been proven to be an endless cycle of court proceedings as well as ineffective, unjust, and expensive,” Wolf said… (more)
