Pennsylvania state law required an Allegheny County judge to sentence a McKeesport man to life in prison without parole for the 2024 murders of his mother and a friend.
Prosecutors and a pair of mourning families, however, asked Common Pleas Judge Jennifer Satler to do more and acknowledge “the profound void” left by the murders.
“We seek a sentence that reflects the severity of the crime,” the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office said in a statement, “and affirm that such violence disrupts families and communities in lasting, devastating ways.”…