MANCHESTER, N.H. —

The only man on New Hampshire's death row is getting another chance to plead his case.

In an order issued Monday, the New Hampshire Supreme Court agreed to hear an appeal for Michael Addison , who was convicted of killing Manchester police Officer Michael Briggs.

Addison's lawyers argue that, since the death penalty was abolished, his sentence should be commuted.

"It is simply unjust to execute one person in a state where the death penalty has been repealed," said Jonathan Cohen, counsel for Addison.

Addison was found guilty of capital murder in 2006 and sentenced to death. The death penalty was abolished in New Hampshire in 2019, more than a decade after his conviction.

"It's not something that's going to have this kind of echo effect, but nevertheless, this is

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