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PA: Good News! Rendell to commute life sentences for three

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Rendell to commute life sentences for three By Robert Moran http://www.philly.com/inquirer/local/20101230_Rendell_to_commute_life_sentences_for_three.html Inquirer Staff Writer Gov. Rendell is scheduled Thursday to commute the life sentences of three men convicted of slayings during the 1970s in Philadelphia, his spokesman said Wednesday night. Tyrone A. Werts, William Fultz, and Kevin O. Smith will be released from prison into halfway houses after Rendell signs the orders, said spokesman Gary Tuma. Rendell, who is leaving office next month, previously commuted the life sentences of two men, Michael Anderson and George Orlowski. The three new cases received 4-0 votes for recommendation by the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons on Dec...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on December 30, 2010 (boomark / email).