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Louisa Reyes
Coverage of Louisa Reyes in the Nexus archive.
- Anxiety and hope as women lifers await legislative action on 2nd degree murder
Twenty-three women in Pennsylvania, including Beth Markman and Louisa Reyes, are awaiting legislative action on their second-degree murder convictions after a state supreme court ruling declared mandatory life sentences unconstitutional. Two competing bills propose different sentencing frameworks, but uncertainty persists as the legislature must decide by July 24.