Lotter appeals to U.S. high court

LINCOLN — A Nebraska death row inmate whose murder case inspired the 1999 film “Boys Don't Cry” has filed an appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

John Lotter and a co-defendant were convicted in the 1993 murder of a 21-year-old woman who lived as a man and two witnesses to that slaying.

In August, a three-judge panel of the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected Lotter's attempt to appeal his conviction. His request for the full court to consider his appeal was denied. — AP

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