司法（官）s 拒絶する 控訴，上告 from South Carolina （刑務所の）死刑囚棟 inmate
WASHINGTON (AP) - The 最高裁判所 has turned away an 控訴，上告 from a South Carolina （刑務所の）死刑囚棟 inmate who pleaded 有罪の to 殺人，大当り an off-義務 police officer during a multistate 罪，犯罪 spree in 2004.
The 司法（官）s on Tuesday left in place a 地裁 判決，裁定 that 拒絶するd Mikal Dean Mahdi's （人命などを）奪う，主張するs that his lawyer didn't do enough to 現在の 証拠 of his troubled childhood.
Mahdi said his lawyer relied on a 選び出す／独身 専門家 証言，証人／目撃する instead of calling family members and others to 申し込む／申し出 more 詳細（に述べる）s about Mahdi's years growing up with an abusive father.
検察官，検事s said that during his 罪，犯罪 spree Mahdi killed a North Carolina convenience 蓄える／店 clerk, carjacked a sport-公共事業（料金）／有用性 乗り物 in South Carolina and later killed Orangeburg Public Safety Capt. James Myers on Myers' farm.
