Monday, June 27, 2016 | 10:58 a.m.
CARSON CITY — Rodney Emil, who has been on death row since 1988 for a Las Vegas killing, has lost his 28th appeal to overturn his conviction.
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals on Friday turned down a petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Emil maintains prosecutors failed to file the correct charges against him, according to court documents.
Emil, now 55, was convicted in 1988 of killing his stepfather, Charles Howard, who was shot four times, according to documents.
He is also serving two life sentences without the possibility of parole in the slaying of Ross Tolley in 1983 in Las Vegas, according to court records.
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