Legislator livid at House vote on parole issue
State Rep. Aaron Bernstine, R-10th, wished a fitful night of sleep to his colleagues in the House of Representatives who voted against overturning the veto of a bill he introduced regarding parole for violent offenders.
Bernstine said in a news release on Tuesday that the state House of Representatives failed by two votes to overturn Gov. Tom Wolf’s veto in September of House Bill 146.
The bill would have postponed consideration of a violent inmate’s parole an additional two years following the minimum release date for each conviction of a violent offense while incarcerated.
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