Mar. 24, 2015

WHAT: Rep. Ron Marsico (R-Dauphin), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, will hold a hearing on the governor’s decision to implement a moratorium on the death penalty in Pennsylvania.

WHO: Marsico, members of the committee, as well as Deanna Weaver, Lancaster County Victim Witness, and family members of victims whose perpetrators currently sit on death row.   Complete agenda below.

WHEN: Thursday, March 26, at 2 p.m.

WHERE: Philadelphia City Hall, Council Chambers, Room 400, 1401 John F. Kennedy Blvd., Philadelphia.

Media contact: Autumn Southard, 717.787.2946, asouthar@pahousegop.com.




House Judiciary Committee Public Hearing
Pennsylvania’s Death Penalty Moratorium
Thursday, March 26, 2015
Philadelphia City Hall, Council Chambers, Room 400
1401 John F Kennedy Blvd
Philadelphia, PA 19107


Agenda
2:00 pm Welcoming remarks:
Judiciary Majority Chairman Ron Marsico
Judiciary Minority Joe Petrarca

2:10 pm Deanna Weaver
 Lancaster County Victim Witness

2:30 pm Suzanne Eng
 Mother of Trista Elizabeth Eng, Murdered July 12, 1993 by Hubert Michael
 Morgan Eng
 Brother to Trista Elizabeth Eng, murdered by Hubert Lester Michael

2:50 pm Tricia Wertz
 Katie Cassidy

3:10 pm Linell Patterson

3:30pm Gretchen Le Claire
 Surviving Victim and Spouse of Sergeant and Warrant Officer
 Joseph E. LeClaire, Jr., Killed in the line of Duty March 19, 2004
 First Judicial District of Pennsylvania

3:50 pm Kristi Richardson
 Widow of Michael Richardson, Murdered January 19, 2003

Submitted Written Testimony:
 Leitha L. Lipford
 Linda E. Burney, Previous Innkeeper of Gateway Lodge
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