A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that Danelo Cavalcante's prison escape last year cost him his right to appeal his original life sentence.

A Pennsylvania appeals court has ruled that a convicted killer’s jail escape last year cost him his right to appeal his original life sentence

The convicted murderer who escaped from the Chester County Prison late last summer, throwing a suburban Philadelphia community into turmoil in the ensuing manhunt, squandered his right to appeal by fleeing justice,