Credit: PA Internet News Service More than 1,100 Pennsylvanians are serving time for second-degree murder, meaning they were convicted for a situation — not their actions — that comes with a life sentence without parole. So in Pennsylvania, a person found guilty of second-degree murder can expect to die behind bars for their involvement in a felony that accidentally or unintentionally leads to murder. “These folks are not Hannibal Lecter,” Lt. Gov. John Fetterman said during a Tuesday town hall with reform advocates. “These are individuals that may have been involved in a bad decision, terrible mistake, or something that they had no idea was going to occur.”