Brandon Teena's killer loses court appeal
John Lotter, convicted in the murders of Brandon Teena, Lisa Lambert and Philip DeVine, will not get a chance to prove his innocence with DNA tests. The Nebraska Supreme Court has rejected Lotter's claims that the tests would produce evidence that he was wrongly convicted or sentenced. Lotter is on death row. The murder of transgendered Teena inspired the 1999 movie "Boys Don't Cry." Lotter says Marvin Nissen actually murdered Teena and the two others. Nissen testified against Lotter in exchange for a lighter sentence. Sioux City Journal
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