Three Democratic justices prevailed last week in Pennsylvania. Justice David Wecht told Bolts, “We all campaigned on the basis of vindicating the Pennsylvania constitution’s free and equal elections clause.”
The charge of “felony murder” allows defendants to be charged with the death of an accomplice, even when the killing was committed by someone else. Between 2009 and 2017, 83 percent of people charged with felony murder in Alabama were Black.
In case you missed it: The GOP mounted an unusual push to oust three supreme court justices in Pennsylvania and erase Democrats’ majority on the court. In yesterday's retention elections, all three prevailed easily.