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12:00 PMPhiladelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker at Alvernia University Commencement
12:25 PMElizabeth Banks at University of Pennsylvania Commencement
12:48 PMLt. Gov. Austin Davis at Carlow University Commencement
01:00 PMCatherine Christian at Penn State Dickinson Law Commencement
01:23 PMJohn Jenkins at King's College Commencement
01:39 PMSalman Khan at Carnegie Mellon University Commencement
02:00 PMKhalid Mumin at Penn State Harrisburg Commencement
02:16 PMU.S. Rep. Chrissy Houlahan at Penn State Berks Commencement

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Death Penalty

When Gov. Tom Wolf began his first term four years ago, one of the first executive orders he signed was one placing a moratorium on the use of the death penalty in Pennsylvania. That order does not prevent the state’s 67 county district attorneys from pursuing the death penalty during murder prosecutions. In 2018, the Joint State Government Commission issued a report on the death penalty in Pennsylvania, which prompted litigation before the PA Supreme Court that could discontinue the use of the death sentence in Pennsylvania. To discuss the future of the death penalty are: Michael Wiseman, a criminal defense attorney and partner with Wiseman and Schwartz; and Berks County District Attorney John Adams.

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