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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rejects expanded protections for drug-death charges
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- Pennsylvania Supreme Court declined to add legal protections for defendants charged with drug delivery resulting in death.
- Justices upheld convictions in two York County cases, citing the statute’s broad delivery definition.
- Justice Daniel McCaffery said policy decisions belong to the General Assembly, not the courts.
- The law imposes a 40-year maximum and was filed over 680 times from 2021 through 2025.