New Hampshire Supreme Court denies death row inmate’s latest appeal

States Newsroom · October 6, 2026

Seven years after repealing the death penalty, New Hampshire has one inmate on death row. On Tuesday, the state Supreme Court declined to intervene in his case, citing statutory authority. Michael Addison has been in prison for roughly 20 years for fatally shooting Manchester Police Officer Michael Briggs in 2006. In…

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