Newsman’s Killer Loses Appeal
Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO —
A federal appeals court today upheld the murder conviction and death sentence of John Adamson of Phoenix in the 1976 car bombing death of Arizona Republic reporter Don Bolles.
The action by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals apparently leaves only a U.S. Supreme Court appeal remaining for Adamson, whose charge was increased to first-degree murder after he changed his mind about testifying against two other men. Arizona courts have already upheld his conviction.
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