Lehigh County Judge Douglas Reichley said it would be 'inappropriate' for the court to take up Freeman brothers' petition on the unconstitutionality of their sentences until the Pennsylvania Supreme Court reviews other juvenile killers' sentences.
A Lehigh County judge ruled today the Freeman brothers' 1995 mandatory life sentence without parole should remain, pending a decision by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court on two other convicted juvenile killers' life sentence appeals, including one by Qu'eed Batts of Easton. Judge Douglas G. Reichley continued a 2010 stay issued by Judge Lawrence J. Brenner on a previous appeal of the Freemans' mandatory life sentences under the Post Conviction Relief Act. Reichley said it would be "inappropriate" to take up the petitions filed by Bryan and David Freeman's attorneys without further guidance by the higher court on new sentencing procedures for juveniles convicted of homicide. Neither Freeman brother was present in court today and remain in …
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Lawyers for Bryan and David Freeman of Salisbury Township, who are serving mandatory life sentences for the 1995 beating and slaying of their parents and brother, say the sentences violate their clients' constitutional rights because they were juveniles.
Nearly three months after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled mandatory life sentences for juvenile offenders are unconstitutional, Bryan and David Freeman of Salisbury Township are challenging their 1995 life sentences for brutally beating and stabbing to death their parents and younger brother when they were teens. The commonwealth of Pennsylvania has filed a motion to stay the Freeman brothers' sentence pending a decision by the state Legislature on how to deal with juveniles convicted of homicide. A hearing will be held today in Lehigh County Court in front of Judge Douglas Reichley. Charles Banta, the attorney representing David Freeman, now 33, filed a petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act, arguing his client's mandatory life …
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Stew
8:06 pm on Saturday, September 29, 2012
Everybody needs to address the greater issue: These three planned a murder, which is first degree. Not only did they kill once, but three times. These three should be put to death, it is that simple. The issue is that criminals have entirely too many rights by laws that have been allowed to continue as a direct result of liberal organizations. When was the last time a person was put to death in … more ›