Arlen Specter actually said...

I think a hybrid of appointment and direct election, I think, would be helpful in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

So the statute does allow for increasing the penalty which is prescribed by statute for an offense?

Would there be any utility in having a separate offense or indicting for a separate criminal charge?

But we ought to explore ways of implementing trial by absentia, which would put people on notice that they can't game the system and have wi...