New Hampshire Supreme Court to hear death row inmate's appeal for life sentence

Death Penalty New Hampshire - (AP2008)

New Hampshire's only inmate on death row has been granted a rare opportunity to plead his case for a life sentence before the state's highest court.

In a brief single-page order handed down Monday, New Hampshire's Supreme Court agreed to hear the appeal of Michael Addison, 45, who killed Manchester Officer Michael Briggs in 2006.