How Pa. prosecutes fatal overdoses

HARRISBURG — For more than a year, Spotlight PA has been covering an emotionally charged and hotly debated issue in Pennsylvania: whether and how to prosecute people who supply the drugs that caused a fatal overdose. It’s a timely topic, even as overdose deaths decline. These cases — sometimes known as drug delivery resulting in death or drug-induced homicide — have led to hundreds of prison sentences in Pennsylvania. The approach divides families who have suffered similar tragedies, with some seeing prosecution as an appropriate step toward accountability and others saying the charges frequently target…