HELENA — A Montana State Prison inmate serving time for murder has died.
Prison officials say 56-year-old joseph Deschon died Monday following an extended illness.
Deschon was convicted of fatally stabbing his 35-year-old nephew, James Azure, in Helena in November 1999. Deschon was sentenced in March 2000 to 45 years in prison.
Deschon had argued that he was acting in self-defense.