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Coverage dated October 6, 2026

New Hampshire court upholds death penalty for state’s only death row inmate

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Michael Addison was sentenced to death in 2008 for shooting and killing a police officer. New Hampshire repealed the death penalty 11 years later.

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  1. WHDH Boston

    NH Supreme Court upholds death sentence for state’s lone death row inmate (opens WHDH Boston)

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    On Tuesday the New Hampshire Supreme Court upheld the death sentence of a man convicted of murdering a Manchester police officer. Michael Addison was found...

  2. NBC Boston

    NH's only death row inmate loses appeal to state Supreme Court (opens NBC Boston)

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    The New Hampshire Supreme Court has rejected Michael Addison’s petition to reexamine his death sentence following the state’s repeal of the death penalty. In a ruling Tuesday, the court dismissed the appeal from Addison, the state’s only death row inmate.

  3. The Boston Globe

    N.H. Supreme Court dismisses petition from last person on death row in New England (opens The Boston Globe)

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    The court concluded state law didn’t allow “successive comparative proportionality reviews” in capital punishment cases.

  4. InDepthNH

    NH Supreme Court Dismisses Addison’s Death Penalty Appeal (opens InDepthNH)

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    The New Hampshire Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal of the death sentence of Michael Addison, a Black man who in 2008 was convicted of killing Michael Briggs, a white police officer in Manchester.

  5. Concord Monitor

    Supreme Court dismisses Michael Addison petition to reconsider death sentence (opens Concord Monitor)

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    New Hampshire Public Radio's feed description

    Michael Addison, NH's only person on death row, was convicted for killing Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs in 2006.

  6. Courthouse News Service

    New Hampshire court upholds death penalty for state’s only death row inmate (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Michael Addison was sentenced to death in 2008 for shooting and killing a police officer. New Hampshire repealed the death penalty 11 years later.

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