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SCI Albion inmate sentenced for killing cellmate

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Erie, Pa (WJET/WFXP)-- The SCI Albion prisoner who admitted to strangling his cellmate to death in October of last year was handed his sentence in Erie County Court Thursday morning. According to assistant district attorney Brendan Sala, Dylan Lesnik was sentenced to life sentence in prison for killing 25-year-old Andy Ortiz inside of their cell. [...]

Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that mandatory life without parole for 2nd degree murder is unconstitutional

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(WHTM) - The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has ruled that the mandatory life without parole sentence for second-degree murder is "cruel punishment" and therefore unconstitutional. The court announced its ruling on Thursday morning in Commonwealth of Pennsylvania vs. Derek Lee, affirming an order from the Common Pleas of Allegheny County entered in 2016. The case [...]

Police vehicle collides with catholic school van

WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — A police vehicle collided with a catholic school van Thursday morning. Around 8:30 a.m., March 26, a van from the Wyoming Valley Catholic Youth Center was involved in a crash with a patrol car at the intersection of Barney and Lockhart Streets in Wilkes-Barre. Secretary for Communications with the Diocese [...]

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