(The Center Square) -(The Center Square) - The state Supreme Court on Friday afternoon denied the Allegheny County district attorney's request to extend a stay on a ruling that declared unconstitutional language in the state's second-degree murder sentencing framework, setting the stage for a legislative fight and many county murder case reviews. The action came eight days after Allegheny DA Stephen Zappala filed a petition seeking an extension of the original 120-day stay on the ruling, issued four months earlier. The majority of the justices on Friday denied the request, but two - Kevin Dougherty and Sallie Updyke Mundy - disagreed with the majority. The denial throws a cloud of uncertainty around the status of life sentences pertaining to second-degree murder being served by inmates around the state. The original March ruling was stayed by the Supreme Court for 120 days in order to give the Legislature time to put in place a new approach.