Federal Judge Joy Flowers Conti has vacated the death sentence of 63-year-old Andre Staton, a former Altoona man convicted of the 2004 murder of his girlfriend, Beverly K. Yohn. According to the Altoona Mirror, under a negotiated settlement, Staton will be resentenced to life in prison without parole after being found intellectually incompetent to face an execution order. In 2006, Staton was convicted of stabbing Yohn 12 times after forcing hi…
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