New DA drops old shoplifting charge in commuted lifer’s case

New DA drops old shoplifting charge in commuted lifer’s case

Seattle Times

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MEDIA, Pa. (AP) — A newly elected prosecutor has dropped an old shoplifting charge that complicated the release of a Philadelphia man granted clemency from a life sentence. The case had become a political football among rival prosecutors as the nation debates criminal justice reform. The state clemency board had voted unanimously to release David […]

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