A specter of justice in Pennsylvania
Phillip Ocampo, incarcerated in Pennsylvania since 1994 for felony murder, may see sentencing reforms after the state Supreme Court ruled mandatory life without parole for felony murder violates the state constitution. The ruling leaves retroactive justice to the legislature, which has stalled on a Senate bill proposing 35-year minimum sentences for future felony murder cases.
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