FLAHERTY, Chief Justice, concurring. While I join Mr. Justice Cappas majority opinion, I write separately to clarify my position on defining “life imprisonment” in capital cases. As I have previously stated, I would require a Simmons instruction in every capital case. Mr. Justice Nigro cogently explained the rationale for such a rule in his concurring opinion in Commonwealth v. Clark, <sp…
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