When Attorney General Kathleen Kane filed a court document decrying Gov. Tom Wolf’s death-penalty moratorium, observers said they were not surprised by her position, but some had expected her to speak out on the issue sooner.
Last week, Kane filed a petition for extraordinary relief, asking the state Supreme Court to exercise its King’s Bench jurisdiction and permit the execution of Hubert Michael to proceed. Wolf granted a reprieve to Michael on June 3, following his promise to do so for any convicted murderer facing execution while a task force evaluates the use of the death penalty in Pennsylvania. Kane called the action an “egregious violation of the Pennsylvania Constitution.”
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