Entries tagged with “Nicole Virzi”

Aug 30, 2024

Articles of Interest: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Editorial Board Argues that Death Penalty Will Not Bring Justice for Leon Katz

In a new edi­to­r­i­al, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette argues that the death penal­ty is ​“nev­er the jus­tice that is called for” and achieves ​“noth­ing of val­ue except the sat­is­fac­tion of vengeance.” The Post-Gazette describes the death of 6‑week-old Leon Katz in June as an ​“almost unfath­omable” crime and a ​“vio­la­tion of pri­mor­dial inno­cence” — but argues that Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr.’s deci­sion to seek the death penal­ty against Nicole Virzi, Leon’s alleged killer, ​“will only extend the pros­e­cu­to­r­i­al process pos­si­bly by decades” and ​“pro­tect no one while cost­ing taxpayers…