Legal Opinion
Pa Prison Society v. Cortes
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided October 1, 2010No. 09-3017, 09-3018PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALARCÓN, Circuit Judge.
We are asked to decide whether an amendment to Article IV, § 9(a) of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, that alters the voting procedures employed by the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons to require unanimity in recommending pardons and commutations for life-sentenced prisoners to the Governor, violates the Ex Post Facto Clause of the United States Constitution.
The District Court ruled that the constitutional amendment, passed by Pennsylvania voters in 1997 (“1997 Amendment”), violates the Ex Post Facto Clause for prisoners sentenced…
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