Noel Montalvo Released From Death Row After 20 Years

Prosecutors Drop Murder Charges, Montalvo Pleads Guilty to Evidence Tampering

Noel Montalvo, a Pennsylvania inmate, has been released from Death Row after 20 years in prison.
Prosecutors dropped charges of first-degree murder, conspiracy and burglary against Montalvo, who was convicted in 1998 for a double murder.
Montalvo was instead charged with evidence tampering, for which he received a year of probation.
Evidence against Montalvo was based purely on witness testimony that District Attorney David Sunday Jr. said 'continued to diminish over time and now lacked sufficient reliability.'
Montalvo's older brother, who was also convicted for the double murder, died in prison while appealing his own death sentence.