Missouri death row inmate appeals over police beating

An attorney for a Missouri death row inmate is asking the state Supreme Court to overturn his conviction because prosecutors failed to disclose evidence that he was beaten by police before confessing.

The attorney for Reginald Clemons on Tuesday urged the high court to use the findings of a specially appointed judge to set aside Clemons' conviction for the 1991 deaths of sisters Julie and Robin Kerry.

Prosecutors say the sisters were shoved off a bridge into the Mississippi River in St. Louis after being raped.

Clemons was one of four people who were convicted or pleaded guilty in the case.

Special Judge Michael Manners concluded last year that prosecutors suppressed evidence that police may have beaten Clemons while questioning him.

This story was originally published February 4, 2014 at 1:13 PM with the headline "Missouri death row inmate appeals over police beating."