Russell Street bomber Craig Minogue has failed in his bid to one day walk free from jail and must continue with his "de facto death sentence".

On Wednesday, the full bench of the High Court unanimously upheld the validity of legislation blocking parole for murderers of police officers, despite Minogue arguing it was "cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment".

Craig Minogue

Minogue was jailed for life in 1988, with a non-parole period of 28 years, for murdering police officer Angela Rose Taylor and injuring 22 others in a 1986 car bomb on Melbourne's Russell Street. He later killed a man in jail.

In September 2016, his sentence expired and the 57-year-old made a bid for freedom via the Adult Parole Board.