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The three liberal Supreme Court justices dissented from the Court's Monday decision not to take up a death-row inmate's case.

A confession from a fellow inmate supported David Brown's contention that he was not involved in the killing of a prison guard.

The Supreme Court rejected an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new hearing. The man was convicted of killing a prison guard during a 1999 escape attempt.

The Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana man on death row.

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing, over a dissent from the three liberal justices. The court turned away David Brown, who was convicted of killing a prison guard, Capt. David Knapps, during a 1999 escape attempt from the state prison in Angola. Brown argues he is entitled to a reconsideration of his death sentence because prosecutors failed to provide his lawyers with evidence that might have led a jury to ...

The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal from a Louisiana death row inmate seeking a new sentencing hearing, over a dissent from the three liberal justices.