The Associated Press
The Associated Press
KNOXVILLE, Tenn.
Former Judge Richard Baumgartner's addiction to prescription painkillers was not a secret around the Knox County courthouse, 155 pages from a Tennessee Bureau of Investigation file show.
Records obtained by the Knoxville News Sentinel and others on Friday show Baumgartner's clerk or the district attorney rescheduled Baumgartner's daily schedule when he appeared too impaired to work and that it was...Read Full Story
Every now and then (as unfortunate as it may be) you hear of a crime so heinous, so evil, so vile and so unfathomable that your mind can barely process how a human being or beings could be cruel enough to carry out such an act. That's the case that confronted me this morning when I turned my television on and started watching In Session, a live court TV program that showcases different trials occurring around the country. Today's trial involves Latalvis Cobbins, a dog accused of taking part...Read Full Story
Born and raised in Tennessee, living in Knoxville the whole of my life I have long wanted to speak out on the Christian/Newsom Murder case. Let me begin by making myself completely clear, I am not nor will I ever be a supporter for racism. The South Knoxville community I was born and raised in was very diverse. I cannot say we have never had a problem with racism; we have from both sides of the color line. None here can say we are complete innocents in the knowledge that racism is alive and...Read Full Story
Oct
28
Lemaricus Davidson Convicted In The Murders Of Channon Christian & Christopher Newsom
The ringleader of the carjacking, murders and mutilation of Channon Christian & Christopher Newsom has been found guilty on 35 of 38 counts today:
Wednesday’s verdict in Knoxville means 28-year-old Lemaricus Davidson could be sentenced to death .
Davidson was charged with 38 counts, including premeditated murder, felony murder, robbery, kidnapping, rape and theft. He was...Read Full Story
http://hotair.com/archives/2007/05/16/a-horror-story-the-msm-wont-tell/
The faces of evil now why would the MSM’s miss their story? Saying “Nappy headed hos” is a hate crime but this isn’t?
On Saturday January 6, 2007 Hugh Christopher Newsom, age 23 and Channon Gail Christian, age 21, both students at the University of Tennessee went out on a date.
They were driving in Channon’s Toyota 4-Runner when they were carjacked at gunpoint. Suddenly the crime turned far more savage than an...Read Full Story
Davidson was sentenced to death; Letalvis Cobbins and George Thomas received life in prison without the possibility of parole; and Vanessa Coleman was sentenced to 53 years in prison. In Davidson's motion for a change of venue, his attorneys, Doug Trant ...
WBIR-TVTN Supreme Court responds to Stop Christian-Newsom Retrial petitionsWVLT(WVLT) --The Tennessee Supreme Court responded to an online campaign to stop the retrials of the four defendants charged with the murder of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. The court has received over 16000 emails, according to Tennessee ...Emails flood court over Christian-Newsom murder retrialsOak RidgerCan Some of the Christian/Newsom Verdicts Be Saved...
"He chose pill taking." Letalvis Cobbins, LeMaricus Davidson, George Thomas and Vanessa Coleman were convicted separately for their involvement in the carjacking, raping, torture, and killing of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom four years ago. Blackwood ...
Thousands of people have asked Tennessee's highest court to stop the retrials of the four who were convicted in connection with the murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. However, that public outcry can't be considered in any decisions ...
"It's time for the Tennessee Supreme Court to stand up and say what's right. If they don't I don't think I can have respect for them anymore," Gary Christian said. As the long legal process essentially starts over, these parents can only imagine life with ...
The special judge handling the retrials of the defendants in connection with the January 2007 murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom murders says he'd like to have all the cases completed by the end of the year.
KNOXVILLE (WATE) - Saturday marked five years since a young Knoxville couple, Channon Christian and Chris Newsom, were carjacked, tortured and murdered. Their deaths have sparked a string of court cases and controversies that reverberate still. The ...
Early Saturday afternoon, friends and family came together to remember Channon Christian and Chris Newsom on the five year anniversary of their deaths. The Newsom family honored Chris at Woodhaven Memorial Gardens in Claxton. While the Christian family ...
KNOXVILLE (WATE) – January 7, 2012 marks the fifth anniversary of when Channon Christian and Chris Newsom were kidnapped. The couple was raped, tortured and murdered. Nearly five years later, the family says they are still being haunted by a broken ...
The Knox County District Attorney's Office has filed an appeal of a judge's ruling that granted new trials to the four defendants convicted in the murders of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom. The young couple was carjacked, tortured, raped, and murdered ...
Channon Christian was a 21-year-old woman who was found murdered and raped along with her 23-year-old boyfriend Christopher Newsom in Nashville, TN. Find more Channon Christian news and information here.
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Hugh Christopher Newsom, Jr. , 23, and Channon Gail Christian , 21, were a couple from Knoxville , Tennessee . They were murdered and, according to a Tennessee grand jury, both the man and woman were
The murder of Channon Christian, and her boyfriend Christopher Newsom was cited for the reason for a white supremacist protest in downtown Knoxville. (Full Story)
WVLT - Knoxville (WVLT) -- The parents of Christopher Newsom and Channon Christian are responding to the racially motivated rallies. Volunteer TV's Kim Bedford sat down with them and found some di