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PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOC. v. COM.

776 A.2d 971 (2001)

PENNSYLVANIA PRISON SOCIETY; Julia D. Hall; Gregory H. Knight; Fight for Lifers, Inc.; William Goldsby; Joan Porter; Graterfriends, Inc., Joan F. Gauker; Vincent Johnson; Friends Committee to Abolish the Death Penalty, Inc; Kurt Rosenberg; Pennsylvania Abolitionists United Against the Death Penalty, An Unincorporated Association by Terry Rumsey and William Goldsby; Terry Rumsey, Roger Buehl, AM-7936 SCI-Greene; Douglas Hollis, AF-6355 SCI Coal Township, Dianna Hollis, Appellees, v. COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania; Honorable Tom Ridge, Governor; Pennsylvania Board of Pardons; and Honorable Kim Pizzingrilli, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and Representative Matthew J. Ryan, as Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and Senator Robert C. Jubelirer, As President Pro Tempore of The Senate of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Intervenors, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 25, 2001.

Reargument Denied August 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Michael Fisher, Atty. Gen., John G. Knorr, III, Chief Deputy Atty. Gen., Calvin R. Koons, Sr., Deputy Atty. Gen., Gerald J. Pappert, 1st Deputy Atty. Gen., for Commonwealth, et. al.

William C. Costopoulos, Gerald C. Grimaud, Gregory H. Knight, Robert A. Preate, for PA Prison Society, et al.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This is a direct appeal filed on behalf of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Governor Tom Ridge, the Pennsylvania Board of Pardons, and the Secretary of the Commonwealth (Appellants) from the order of the Commonwealth Court granting the motion for judgment on the pleadings filed by the Pennsylvania Prison Society, Julia D. Hall and others (collectively referred to as the Prison...

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