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#FrankWalkerLaw – #Pittsburgh Attorney Obtains Death Penalty Certification

Frank Walker Law - Death Penalty Certified

Pittsburgh Attorney Frank Walker of Frank Walker Law is pleased to announce his recent certification to accept Capital Cases pursuant to Rule 801 of the Pennsylvania Rules of Criminal Procedure.

When reached at his Pittsburgh Office, Attorney Walker commented on the recent certification, “I am honored to join this unique and accomplished group of Attorneys currently fighting the Death Penalty.  I have always maintained that Murder cases are already complex in nature, where clients are facing Life without the possibility of Parole, but Death is Different because it is final. Therefore, I sought the certification to assist with the clientele in need of an aggressive and experienced Death Penalty Defense Attorney.”

According to the Pennsylvania Rules, Death Penalty qualified attorneys must complete and maintain a required amount of Continuing Education to qualify for the certification. Once obtained, Attorneys can maintain their certification by continuing to complete the requisite hours in the specific area of Capital Case Litigation.


Attorney Frank Walker of Frank Walker Law is a National Top 100 Criminal Defense Lawyer and Personal Injury Attorney with offices in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Morgantown West Virginia. Attorney Walker is also a member of the National College for DUI Defense and qualified as a Pennsylvania Death Penalty Defense Attorney.

If you or someone you love are facing criminal charges or seriously injured in an accident in WV or PA, contact Attorney Frank Walker immediately at 412-315-7441, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for aggressive and experienced Criminal Defense or Representation in a Civil Case.

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Death Penalty Decision Making Questioned

When it comes to perusing the death penalty, all cases are not created equal. Many cases which have seemed to have similar characteristics on the surface have resulted in prosecutors perusing differing strategies, in some cases the death penalty and in other cases lesser penalties.

For example, in March 2013 a suspect allegedly shot three people, killing one and injuring two others. In that case prosecutors did not seek the death penalty, but sought a first degree murder conviction instead. About two weeks earlier two men are alleged to have shot two people who had just left a bar. One was killed and the other was injured. But unlike the first case, prosecutors decided to seek the death penalty against both men in the second case.

One of the differences between the suspect in the first case and the suspects in the second case is that the first case has a white suspect, while the suspects in the second case are black. Now the attorney for the men charged in the second case is asking if race has something to do with the prosecutor’s decision to seek the death penalty against his client, and has asked Common Pleas Judge Edward J. Borkowski to force prosecutors to provide him with details on the decision making process.

Though the black suspects’ attorney cites at least two other high profile cases in which white suspects escaped death penalty cases, prosecutors insist that he has failed to show any pattern of discrimination.

Attorney Frank Walker of Frank Walker Law is a National Top 100 Criminal Defense Lawyer and Personal Injury Attorney with offices in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania and Morgantown West Virginia.

If you or someone you love are facing criminal charges or seriously injured in an accident, contact Attorney Frank Walker immediately at 412-315-7441, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for aggressive and experienced Criminal Defense or Representation in a Civil Case.