Lotter's appeal rejected (1999 film "Boys Don't Cry.")

Omaha Steve

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Thu Aug-25-11 06:51 AM
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Lotter's appeal rejected (1999 film "Boys Don't Cry.")

Edited on Thu Aug-25-11 06:54 AM by Omaha Steve

Source: AP-Omaha World Herald

A federal appeals panel has rejected Nebraska death-row inmate John Lotter's attempt to appeal his conviction in the triple murder that inspired the 1999 film "Boys Don't Cry."

In a judgment released Tuesday, two members of a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the appeal. The third, U.S. Judge Kermit Bye, disagreed, saying he would have allowed the appeal based on five claims by Lotter.

Read more: http://www.omaha.com/article/20110825/NEWS97/708259841/1006#lotter-s-appeal-rejected

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John Lotter claims that, among other things, the state used a threat of torture to coerce accomplice Thomas Nissen into lying about the killings.

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MADem

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Thu Aug-25-11 08:24 AM
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1. Torture? In Nebraska?

I think the torturer was the guy sitting on death row, n'est pas?

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Thu Aug-25-11 08:25 AM
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2. I was so touched by that movie about Teena. My partner is

TG and I know the internal pain and suffering some of these people go through all their lives. To have his life shortened like that (a hate crime) was horrible. The woman Teena fell in love with still loves him to this day, even though she married and had a child, she still thinks about him. (I read an online blog).

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the_chinuk

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Thu Aug-25-11 08:25 AM
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3. unregard! Thought I was replying to other message.

Edited on Thu Aug-25-11 08:26 AM by the_chinuk

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