The newly hired special counsel for Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh is seeking a delay to submit a response to a petition asking the Pennsylvania Supreme Court to restrict his ability to seek the death penalty. According to the Observer-Reporter, they will now have until August 22 to respond. Attorneys Joshua Voss and Shohin Vance were hired by County Commissioners last week during an emergency meeting. They filed the application Tuesday claiming that they would benefit from additional time to fully understand the facts and circumstances of the petition filed by the Atlantic Center for Capital Representation. The Philadelphia group is representing Jordan Clarke of Peters Township and Joshua George of Smith Township. Both men face the death penalty if convicted of first-degree murder in separate cases involving the deaths of their infant sons.