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Gov. Shapiro Calls for Abolition of the Death Penalty, Refuses to Sign Death Warrants

By Tom MacDonald | WHYY
Published February 20, 2023 at 9:35 PM EST
Governor Josh Shapiro announced that he will not issue any execution warrants during his term and called on the General Assembly to abolish the death penalty.
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Governor Josh Shapiro announced that he will not issue any execution warrants during his term and called on the General Assembly to abolish the death penalty.

The new governor of Pennsylvania has made a major criminal justice decision a week after the first execution warrant came to his desk. WHYY's Tom MacDonald reports.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 2/17/23)
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WHYY reporter Tom MacDonald is a lifelong Philadelphia-area resident who has worked in the region since the mid-1980s. Tom started in commercial radio covering the MOVE standoff with police for WFIL-AM. He was also City Hall Bureau Chief, covering government and politics for more than a decade, for WWDB-FM.
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