Brianna Denison

Lawyers trying to get James Biela off Nevada's death row say his execution sentence was emotionally motivated by "an avalanche of news coverage" and the public campaign to bring justice to the young woman he was convicted of raping and strangling.  

Lawyers trying to get James Biela off Nevada's death row say his execution sentence was emotionally motivated by "an avalanche of news coverage" and the public campaign to bring justice to the young woman he was...  

Lawyers trying to get James Biela off Nevada's death row say his execution sentence was emotionally motivated by "an avalanche of news coverage" and the public campaign to bring justice...  

The Reno residence at 1395 Mackay Court where 19-year-old Brianna Denison, a Reno High School graduate, was last seen before disappearing. Photographed Monday, Jan. 21, 2008. / Candice Towell/RGJ  

RENO (AP) — DNA on a pair of women’s panties found with the body of Brianna Denison did not belong to the serial rapist suspected of killing her as was earlier reported but investigators remain convinced he’s the one who left the underwear there, police said Monday.  

He said the jury's excessive penalty was motivated from passion generated by an "avalanche of news coverage, the huge volume of secret witness reports generated over time, the public blue ribbons' campaign in Brianna's name and the Bring Bri ...  

Reno Gazette-Journal reporter Martha Bellisle files live updates from the Nevada Supreme Court, which is hearing arguments from James Biela's lawyers that all five of his convictions (for raping two women and sexually assaulting and killing Brianna Denison) should be thrown out.  

University of Nevada students reacted Sunday to the news that police have linked the abduction Brianna Denison to a December on-campus sexual assault.