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Justices take up Pennsylvania's deadly force rules for cops

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HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania’s high court may soon decide whether state law on police use of deadly force during arrests gives officers too much leeway to take the life of a fleeing suspect.The state Supreme Court will hear oral arguments Tuesday on the question, which arose during the criminal prosecution of former Philadelphia police officer Ryan Pownall for a fatal June 2017 shooting.Pownall, 39, is charged with third-degree murder for the shooting death of David Jones after a confrontation over Jones riding a dirt bike on a Philadelphia street.Pownall has indicated he may invoke a defense that he's justified under state law governing how police may use deadly force.

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