LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) – A federal appeals court has rejected a request from Nebraska death row inmate John Lotter for a rehearing in a triple murder that inspired the 1999 film “Boys Don’t Cry.”
The 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals denied Lotter’s request on Monday.

Lotter and co-defendant Thomas Nissen were convicted in the 1993 slayings of Teena Brandon, Lisa Lambert and Philip DeVine at a rural Falls City farmhouse.

Lotter has maintained his innocence.

In split decision in August, a three-judge panel of the 8th Circuit rejected Lotter’s attempt to appeal his conviction. He filed a petition for the panel to rehear the case or for the full court to consider it. The request was denied.