The Pennsylvania Supreme Court noted the legislation "was an enormously popular piece of legislation on both sides of the aisle" when it was passed.
Pennsylvania's Supreme Court upholds universal mail-in voting
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"When an unconditional charging decision is made publicly and with the intent to induce action and reliance by the defendant, and when the defendant does so to his detriment (and in some instances upon the advice of counsel), denying the defendant the benefit of that decision is an affront to fundamental fairness, particularly when it results in a criminal prosecution that was foregone for more than a decade," the court said in its ruling.
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