Pennsylvania Death Row Inmate Seeks Clemency

AP via Pennsylvania Department of Corrections

Terrance Williams

A convicted murderer slated to be put to death in Pennsylvania next month has petitioned a state board for clemency, saying that he was  physically and mentally abused as a child by the men he killed. If Pennsylvania officials reject his appeal, filed Thursday, Terrance "Terry" Williams, would be the first person to be executed in the commonwealth since the death penalty was reinstituted in the 1970s, aside from three prisoners who voluntarily accepted the death penalty, his advocates say. Mr. Williams' case is coming to a head at a time when the death penalty and processes used to conduct lethal injections are under fire in several U.S. states. . .

Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/09/07/pennsylvania-death-row-inmate-seeks-clemency/?mod=WSJBlog

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