He was sentenced to die in prison as a murder accomplice at 16 -- until a Venango County prosecutor and judge reconsidered.
By Marie Dorego
inn_inst@pointpark.edu
Published December 2010
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David Pennewell was an aimless 16-year-old in 1998 when he involved himself in a spree of mayhem with adults led by a psychotic criminal. It ended in a revenge murder.
Despite his age in …
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Justice Magazine – Volume Two – Juvenile Life Without Parole in Pennsylvania
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Justice magazine is the official publication of the Innocence Institute of Point Park University -- one of only three journalism-based Innocence Projects in the country. The Innocence Institute investigates wrongful conviction claims from inmates in Pennsylvania's state prison system, but modified its work over the past year to focus on juvenile life without parole. Pennsylvania incarcerates more …
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