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b'In Everyday Injustice\\u2019s second installment with Marc Bookman, we discuss the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation \\u2013 a non-profit set up in 2010 that was created due to lack of state funding in Pennsylvania for indigent defense.\\n\\n\\u201cACCR fills a void created by the lack of adequate funding for poor defendants and provides hope to those who have lost it,\\u201d the group\\u2019s mission explains.\\n\\nPennsylvania continues to be a state caught in limbo.\\nIn February, newly elected Governor Josh Shapiro announced a moratorium on executions, \\u201cThe Commonwealth shouldn\\u2019t be in the business of putting people to death. Period.\\u201d \\n\\nThe Governor went further, speaking \\u201cto the fundamental question as to whether death is a just and appropriate punishment for the state to inflict on its citizens.\\u201d The system is fallible, he said, and the outcome is irreversible. Rejecting the idea that our capital punishment system is flawed but fixable, he called on the General Assembly to \\u201cwork with me to abolish the death penalty once and for all here in Pennsylvania.\\u201d\\n\\nThis was a surprising move, as Bookman points out, \\u201cour former Attorney General, Mr. Shapiro had hardly appeared the abolitionist. He himself admitted that he had \\u201cevolved\\u201d on the issue, and evolve he certainly did\\u2026\\u201d\\n\\nAt the same time, the moratorium, only goes so far. Bookman explained, \\u201cAs long as there is a death row, there is a risk the next governor will end the moratorium, just as Trump ended the unannounced but very real moratorium by President Obama.\\u201d\\n\\nListen as Marc Bookman talks about the work of the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation and the nature of the death penalty in Pennsylvania.'