USA - Pennsylvania. Judge Richard K. Renn has thrown out the death sentence of Milton Montalvo

York County Judge Richard K. Renn, citing ineffective counsel and remarks by the prosecutor and judge, has thrown out the death sentence of Milton Montalvo, and ordered a new sentencing hearing. Montalvo was sentenced to death in York County on February 14, 2000. Montalvo, 54, is 1 of 2 brothers convicted in a double murder. Montalvo was convicted of 1st-degree murder in the April 19, 1998 slayings of his former girlfriend, 44-year-old Miriam Asencio, and 37-year-old Manual Ramirez Santana. Montalvo's brother, Noel, was convicted in a separate trial and also sentenced to death. His appeal was revived in 2015.