The Alabama Supreme Court on Friday rejected a bid by convicted Huntsville mass shooter Amy Bishop for a review of her case.
The court gave no opinion but denied a petition filed last month by Bishop, representing herself.
Chief Justice Tom Parker, with Justice Brady Mendheim, Greg Shaw, Tommy Bryan and Jay Mitchell concurred on the decision.
About an hour into a faculty meeting at the University of Alabama in Huntsville on Feb. 12, 2010, Bishop stood up and without a word opened fire with a 9 mm pistol on her faculty colleagues: Gopi Podila, Stephanie Monticciolo, Adriel Johnson, Maria (Ragland) Davis, Luis Cruz-Vera and Joseph Leahy.”
Podila, Johnson and Ragland-Davis died at the scene, Cruz-Vera suffered minor injuries and Monticciolo and Leahy were seriously injured.
The shooting only stopped when her gun jammed, witnesses said. Prosecutors argued Bishop was angry after being denied a permanent faculty position and that anger drove her to the shootings.
A mother of four, Bishop avoided the possibility of the death penalty by pleading guilty. A judge sentenced her to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Bishop has made previous attempts at gaining a review of her trial, arguing in 2014 that she did not receive a proper psychiatric evaluation, among other issues.
