Supreme Court Declines to Hear Death Sentence Appeal Where Prosecution Allegedly Withheld Evidence

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on her nomination to serve on the Supreme Court, on Capitol Hill in Washington on March 23, 2022. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

The Supreme Court refused—over the dissent of three liberal justices—on April 3 to take up an appeal by a death row prisoner in Louisiana who was seeking a new sentencing hearing.

The inmate, David Brown, argued the prosecution improperly withheld a confession from a co-defendant that could have affected the sentence Brown was given.