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61 Pa.C.S. § 4301 Definitions
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The following words and phrases when used in this chapter shall have the meanings given to them in this section unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: "Victim." The term shall have the same meaning given to it in section 103 of the act of November 24, 1998 (P.L.882, No.1…
61 Pa.C.S. § 4302 Issuance of warrant
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(a) Time.-- (1) After the receipt of the record pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(i) (relating to sentencing procedure for murder of the first degree), unless a pardon or commutation has been issued, the Governor shall, within 90 days, issue a warrant specifying a day for execution w…
61 Pa.C.S. § 4303 Terms of confinement
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Upon receipt of the warrant, the secretary shall, until infliction of the death penalty or until lawful discharge from custody, keep the inmate in solitary confinement. During the confinement, no person shall be allowed to have access to the inmate without an order of the sentenc…
61 Pa.C.S. § 4304 Method of execution
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(a) Injection.-- (1) The death penalty shall be inflicted by injecting the convict with a continuous intravenous administration of a lethal quantity of an ultrashort-acting barbiturate in combination with chemical paralytic agents approved by the department until death is pronoun…