Brandon Teena killer loses appeal [View All]

[davidinalameda]

http://www.advocate.com/new_news.asp?ID=9994&sd=09/27/03-09/29/03

Nebraska death row inmate John Lotter lost an appeal Friday seeking DNA tests he said would prove his innocence in the murder of Brandon Teena. The Nebraska supreme court rejected his request for testing, saying the results could not produce evidence that he was wrongly convicted or sentenced. Lotter was convicted of the murders that inspired the critically acclaimed 1999 movie Boys Don't Cry. One of the victims was Teena, who was born a woman named Teena Brandon but lived as a man in southeast Nebraska.