Danielle Ohl of Spotlight PA
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The Board of Pardons meets in public but does not publish records of its commutation votes. Spotlight PA is making that data available for the first time. -
The Board of Pardons reopened the case after opposition from the victim’s family arrived two months after its first vote. -
Gov. Josh Shapiro has approved about half of the clemency applications recommended to him by the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons in his first two years. -
Disparities in searches, seizures remain, but have narrowed -
A Spotlight PA, ProPublica and Butler Eagle investigation found the process for securing campaign events was susceptible to attack for years. -
The footage, obtained by Spotlight PA, includes local officers complaining that the Secret Service didn’t heed their warnings. -
Multiple state prisons in Pennsylvania lack air conditioning, leaving thousands of incarcerated people at risk during increasingly common high temperatures. -
Ezra Bozeman, incarcerated in Pa. state prisons since a murder conviction in the 1970s, is quadriplegic and in need of specialized care. -
Costs for Pa. prison system are soaring despite facility closures, putting officials in the hot seatState prison officials want $300 million in additional taxpayer money in next year’s budget despite a declining population of incarcerated people and the closure of two facilities. -
Ezra Bozeman, incarcerated in Pa. state prisons since a murder conviction in the 1970s, is quadriplegic and in need of specialized care.
