A federal judge has appointed a legal guardian for a former Altoona man who was sentenced to death by a jury after being convicted of murdering his estranged girlfriend nearly 20 years ago. U.S. District Judge Joy Flowers Conti in Pittsburgh last week appointed a death penalty resource counsel, Julie Brain of Philadelphia, to serve […]
A federal judge has determined that a former Altoona man on death row for killing his estranged girlfriend in 2004 is no longer competent to represent himself i