Sisters begged the Board of Pardons to free their brother's killer. The board said 'no'
"When Datesman was convicted in 1983, Pennsylvania governors were still commuting dozens of life sentences. But in subsequent decades, the process all but ground to a halt in part as a reaction to the violent crime spree of Reginald McFadden, a commuted juvenile lifer, in 1994."
Philadelphia Inquirer
June 28, 2018