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Pa. has 2nd-most inmates serving life without parole
By philly.com- Mensah M. Dean
Published: 07/21/2014

TYRONE WERTS waited in the car while his four buddies walked two blocks to a North Philadelphia speakeasy to commit a robbery on the night of May 6, 1975.

Werts, 23, didn't know that the robbery victim had been fatally shot until his accomplices jumped back inside the car.

The District Attorney's Office offered Werts a plea bargain of eight to 20 years in prison, but he opted for a jury trial and wound up getting convicted of second-degree murder.

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