The Commission by statute, consists of 11 members.  Commission members are appointed for two-year terms and serve without compensation.  They serve until a replacement is named.

    The Chief Justice of Pennsylvania selects four judges.
    The President Pro Tempore of the Senate appoints two senators (one from each caucus).
    The Speaker of the House of Representatives appoints two members (one from each caucus).
    The Governor chooses three members and must include a district attorney, a defense attorney, and a professor of law or criminologist.

Three ex officio members were added to the Commission:  the Chairman of the Board of Probation and Parole, the Secretary of Corrections, and the Victim Advocate.