Michael Addison is a New Hampshire man convicted of fatally shooting Manchester police officer Michael Briggs in 2006. On December 18, 2008, Addison was sentenced to death for the 2006 shooting. Addison is the first man sentenced to death in New Hampshire in 49 years.Fox 25 (Boston): Cop Killer Gets 1st Death Sentence... (December 18, 2008)
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It was fast and it was totally unplanned. It was a reckless act that ended in a terrible tragedy.—David Rothstein, defense attorneyFox 25 (Boston): Cop Killer Gets 1st Death Sentence... (December 18, 2008)
That fatal shot was no accident. It was no reckless misjudgment or panic-driven mistake. That shot was another choice in a series of choices made by the defendant. It was a conscious and deadly choice to pull the trigger and end Officer Briggs' life.—Kelly Ayotte, Attorney GeneralFox 25 (Boston): Cop Killer Gets 1st Death Sentence... (December 18, 2008)
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Michael Addison was sentenced to death on December 18, 2008 for the shooting death of Officer Michael BiggsFox 25 (Boston): Cop Killer Gets 1st Death Sentence... (December 18, 2008)
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The defense had been hoping for a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of paroleFox 25 (Boston): Cop Killer Gets 1st Death Sentence... (December 18, 2008)
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The men sentenced to death in 1959 were ultimately spared by a 1972 U.S. Supreme Court rulingFox 25 (Boston): Cop Killer Gets 1st Death Sentence... (December 18, 2008)
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