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1 Alicia Bannon, Is a Life Sentence for 'Felony Murder' Unconstitutional?: The Pennsylvania High Court Heard Oral Arguments about Whether the Sentence Violated the State Constitution the Same Week That Colorado's Supreme Court Rejected Similar Claims [1] (2024)

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JUDICIAL INTERPRETATION


Is  a  Life   Sentence for 'Felony Murder'

Unconstitutional?


The  Pennsylvania   high court heard  oral arguments   about

whether  the  sentence  violated the state constitution  the same

week  that Colorado's  supreme court rejected similar claims.

By Alicia Bannon Published: October 18, 2024

Pennsylvania Colorado Michigan


Felony murder - a murder charge based on a defendant's participation in a serious
crime, such as a robbery, during which a person dies - has long attracted criticism
for failing to take into account whether a defendant had an intent to kill. In one
example detailed last year in the New Yorker, a man faced a mandatory life in prison
sentence after his accomplice in a series of car burglaries fled the police and
accidentally struck and killed two cyclists. The fact that the defendant was miles away

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