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Originally Posted by Eternally Solo ↗

ERIC BOYD

FEDERAL TRIAL & VERDICT
Attachment 1160078

On April 16, 2008, Eric Boyd was found guilty in federal court of being an accessory to a fatal carjacking and of failing to report the location of a known fugitive. Boyd was the first to go to trial, the only suspect not charged with murder.

He was sentenced to a maximum of 18 years in federal prison. He is incarcerated at the Federal Correctional Institution, Yazoo City, a low-security federal prison in Yazoo County, Mississippi.

STATE TRIAL & VERDICT
Attachment 1160079

On March 20, 2018, eleven years after the murders, a Knox County grand jury returned a thirty-six-count indictment charging Eric DeWayne Boyd with first-degree felony murder, first-degree premeditated murder, especially aggravated robbery, especially aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated rape in the murders. Boyd was transported from a Federal Correctional Institution in Yazoo City, Mississippi, and booked into the Knox County Jail, where he was held on a $1 million bond.

Boyd finally went to trial on the state charges in August 2019. Unlike the other trials, owing to a long passage of time between the murders and this trial, the jury was empaneled in Knoxville and not sequestered.

Attachment 1160095

Co-defendant George Thomas testified as a witness in the Boyd trial. In exchange for his testimony, Thomas was allowed to have his first-degree murder convictions reduced to second-degree murder, his aggravated rape convictions reduced to aggravated assault, and his sentence reduced from life in prison with the possibility of parole to 50 years (two 25-year terms with the opportunity to reduce his sentence by up to 15 percent based on good behavior during incarceration).

On August 13, 2019, a jury found Boyd guilty on nearly all charges, including premeditated first-degree murder and rape against both victims. He was also convicted on charges of carjacking, robbery, and kidnapping. Boyd was found guilty of lesser charges on two counts. Instead of finding him guilty of especially aggravated armed robbery, the jury found Boyd guilty of aggravated armed robbery.

The judge immediately sentenced Boyd to life in prison as this was automatic for a murder conviction. He was also sentenced to another 90 years for other crimes, including especially aggravated kidnapping, robbery and rape.

PRESIDING JUDGES

Attachment 1160080

Boyd's request for a new trial was denied by Knox County Criminal Court Judge Bob McGee in 2019.

In 2021, Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Timothy L. Easter also denied Boyd a new trial. In March 2022, the Tennessee Supreme Court denied Boyd another appeal of his convictions.

ACTIVE TENNESSE SENTENCES

Attachment 1160077Attachment 1160081

Great additions!

[Eternally Solo]

There has been so many updates & new information since the OP. Due to the fact there are a lot of parties involved, I will submit each one in their own individual post.
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Letalvis Cobbins



STATE TRIAL & VERDICT

Letalvis Darnell "Rome" Cobbins (born December 20, 1982) faced the same 46 charges as Thomas. He was also charged with assaulting a correctional officer while incarcerated pending trial. In 2003, Cobbins had been convicted of third-degree attempted robbery in New York. He and Davidson are half-brothers.

On August 25, 2009, Cobbins was found guilty of the murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. Cobbins faced the possibility of the death penalty because he was convicted of first-degree felony murder in the case of Christian. He was found guilty of facilitating the murder of Newsom, but he was acquitted of Newsom's rape.

On August 26, Cobbins was sentenced to life without parole.

RE-TRIAL

Due to double jeopardy, Cobbins faced at maximum the sentences he had already received. In May 2012, the Tennessee Supreme Court overturned Blackwood's ruling ordering a new trial for Cobbins, saying that a trial judge's misconduct outside the courtroom does not necessarily require a new trial unless the misconduct is shown to have affected the trial proceedings, but that its decision "should not be construed as condoning or excusing" Baumgartner's misconduct. Judge Blackwood was asked to consider the motions again for new trials.

In June 2012, Judge Blackwood again granted a new trial for Cobbins, basing his decision on the "13th juror rule". Prosecutors filed to have Judge Blackwood recused from the case, citing Blackwood's emotional involvement, his ex parte communication with the defense, lack of candor with the local media, and Supreme Court guidance that recusal should be considered before any other action. Following Blackwood's recusal, Senior Judge Walter Kurtz was named to oversee the retrial and the decisions to grant them. A retrial was ultimately denied for Cobbins.

LEGACY

The Channon Gail Christian Foundation and the Channon Gail Christian Memorial Golf Tournament were established in Channon Christian's memory to provide a scholarship for a Farragut High School Senior to attend the University of Tennessee. A foundation has also been established in Newsom's name. The foundation holds an annual memorial baseball tournament at the Halls Community Park. A memorial scholarship is given annually in his name to a graduating Halls High School baseball player.

Channon Christian's father, Gary Christian, speaks at churches proclaiming how, in Spring 2017, he asked God to restore him from his pervasive anger. He presents compelling testimony of how he is overcoming the anger that most East Tennesseans saw played out during news articles throughout the trials and appeals

CURRENT STATUS & ACTIVE TENNESSE SENTENCES

ATTACHMENTS

• Interrogation Audio
• Interrogation Transcript
• Jury Instructions

[Eternally Solo]

There has been so many updates & new information since the OP. Due to the fact there are a lot of parties involved, I will submit each one in their own individual post.
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GEORGE THOMAS

George Geovonni "Detroit" Thomas (born January 23, 1983) faced a total of 46 charges. Thomas was indicted on 16 counts of felony murder related to the rape, robbery, and kidnapping committed against Christian and Newsom, two counts of premeditated murder, two counts of especially aggravated robbery, four counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, 20 counts of aggravated rape, and two counts of theft.

STATE TRIAL & VERDICT

On December 8, 2009, George Thomas was found guilty on multiple counts. The jury returned a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole on each of the four capital convictions. He was also paramount due to the fact that he testified against his co-defendant Eric Boyd.

RE-TRIAL

As expected, Thomas appealed his convictions. On December 1, 2011, Judge Jon Kerry Blackwood granted new trials to all four state defendants after the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation showed the original sentencing judge, Richard Baumgartner, was forced into resigning his position.

On May 17, 2013, the retrial of George Thomas (with a jury empaneled in Nashville) ended in a verdict of guilty on all 38 counts. He was re-sentenced to life in prison by the jury, but with the possibility of parole after 51 years. On June 4, 2013, Judge Kurtz sentenced Thomas to two life sentences (consecutive) for the murders and 25 years (multiple concurrent) for the rapes. In 2015, the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals upheld Thomas's conviction. In January 2016, Thomas appealed to the United States Supreme Court but the court did not agree to hear the case.

Thomas was allowed to have his first-degree murder convictions reduced to second-degree murder, his aggravated rape convictions reduced to aggravated assault, and his sentence reduced from life in prison with the possibility of parole to 50 years (two 25-year terms with the opportunity to reduce his sentence by up to 15 percent based on good behavior during incarceration). His sentence ends in May 2053.

CURRENT STATUS & ACTIVE TENNESSE SENTENCES

ATTACHMENTS

• Retrial Sentencing
• Retrial Conviction Upheld (Ruling)

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Public hanging sounds awesome

[Eternally Solo]

There has been so many updates & new information since the OP. Due to the fact there are a lot of parties involved, I will submit each one in their own individual post.
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Lemaricus Devall "Slim" Davidson

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Lemaricus Devall "Slim" Davidson (born June 13, 1981) faced the same 46 charges as Thomas. Davidson was originally from Memphis[79][80] and had just, in August 2006, completed a five-year sentence in Tennessee on a previous felony conviction for carjacking and aggravated robbery.

STATE TRIAL & VERDICT

Davidson was also indicted for the Pizza Hut robbery committed the day after the murders. The publicity against the accused led the defense to argue that a change of venue was required in order to ensure a fair trial. The state argued that an impartial jury could be found during voir dire, and the presiding judge subsequently denied the motion as "premature". Judge Baumgartner threatened to ban the Newsom family from the courtroom after they called Davidson's attorney, Doug Trant, a "jerk"

On October 28, 2009, Lemaricus Davidson was found guilty. The jurors unanimously found Davidson should receive the death penalty on the four capital charges, two first-degree felony murder charges, and the two premeditated first-degree murders of Christian and Newsom.

In June 2010, Davidson was sentenced to 80 years for other charges related to the murders. This sentence is to be served consecutively to the death penalty, while the death sentences are also consecutive.

During sentencing, Judge Baumgartner said the crime was "one of the most incredibly outrageous, cruel and inhumane cases this court has ever seen." He also said, "how people can engage in this type of conduct is just unexplainable" and "there really is no sentence great enough to punish you for the conduct you have been convicted of." The Tennessee Supreme Court affirmed Davidson's conviction and death sentences in 2016.

RE-TRIAL

Blackwood set the retrial for between June and November 2012, pending appeals. Due to double jeopardy, Davidson faced at maximum the sentences he had already received, and thus he was the only one was eligible for capital punishment.

Prosecutors conceded Baumgartner had been impaired during Davidson’s trial but appealed the decision to retry Davidson. The decision to hold the retrias for him was affirmed in a two to one decision by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals on April 13. (see attached)

In May 2012, the Tennessee Supreme Court overturned Blackwood's ruling ordering a new trial for Davidson, saying that a trial judge's misconduct outside the courtroom does not necessarily require a new trial unless the misconduct is shown to have affected the trial proceedings, but that its decision "should not be construed as condoning or excusing" Baumgartner's misconduct. Judge Blackwood was asked to consider the motions again for a new trial.

In June 2012, Judge Blackwood again granted a new trial for Davidson, basing his decision on the "13th juror rule". Prosecutors filed to have Judge Blackwood recused from the case, citing Blackwood's emotional involvement, his ex parte communication with the defense, lack of candor with the local media, and Supreme Court guidance that recusal should be considered before any other action. Following Blackwood's recusal, Senior Judge Walter Kurtz was named to oversee the retrial and the decisions to grant it. Retrial was denied for Davidson.

CURRENT STATUS & ACTIVE TENNESSE SENTENCES

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Vanessa Coleman

Vanessa Lynn Coleman (born June 29, 1988) was arrested by the Lebanon Police Department in her home town of Lebanon, Kentucky. She faced 40 Tennessee state charges. Coleman was indicted on 12 counts of felony murder related to rape, robbery, kidnapping, and theft, one count of premeditated murder (of Christian only), one count of especially aggravated robbery (of Newsom only), four counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, 20 counts of aggravated rape, and two counts of theft.

Prosecutors believe that Coleman held Christian captive while the male offenders were murdering Newsom.

On January 11, Coleman was arrested in Lebanon, Kentucky.

Coleman admitted to being present in the house during the crimes, claiming that she had been held hostage by the other defendants.

TRIAL & VERDICT

District Attorney Randy Nichols announced that the state would seek the death penalty Coleman if convicted.

Vanessa Coleman, the last defendant to face trial, was granted immunity by federal authorities for testimony in the federal case of the carjacking, but the state courts ruled that the federal grant of immunity could not extend to the state charges of murder and rape.

On May 13, 2010, Coleman was acquitted of first-degree murder and found guilty of lesser charges. On July 30, 2010, she was sentenced to 53 years in prison. During sentencing, Christian's father stated, "for me, personally, you took my baby. You took my opportunity to say yes to a young man one day. You took my (wedding) dance away. You took my opportunity to hold her child, my grandbaby."

RE-TRIAL & VERDICT

Facing the same charges as in her first trial, on November 20, 2012, Vanessa Coleman was convicted by a jury of the facilitation of aggravated kidnapping, facilitation of rape, and the facilitation of the murder of Channon Christian, but not of Christopher Newsom. These convictions were on lesser charges than her initial convictions. While the retrial was conducted in Knoxville, the jury for the retrial was selected from Jackson, Tennessee, more than 300 miles west of Knoxville.

Coleman's lawyers argued that she should receive a 20-year sentence, while prosecutors asked for the maximum sentence of nearly 50 years. Blackwood sentenced Coleman to 35 years in prison on February 1, 2013, minus credit for time already served. Specifically, he sentenced her to 25 years for the facilitation of Christian's murder, six years for the facilitation of kidnapping, and four years for the facilitation of rape. During sentencing, Blackwood commented that "the psychological torture of this unfortunate victim was immense." He also called the crime "the most horrible" murder case he had seen.

In 2014 the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals denied Coleman's request for a new trial and upheld her sentence. Judge Thomas T. Woodall wrote in his opinion: "The facts at trial showed that (Coleman) was in the (Chipman Street) house for nearly two days where (Christian) was confined and brutally raped before she was tied up, wrapped in five plastic trash bags and stuffed into a garbage can, where she died from asphyxiation...

In … journal entries (written after the slayings, Coleman) described 'one hell of an adventure in the big T.N.' and wrote that she 'loved her life!'. This evidence supports the trial court's finding that (Coleman) is a dangerous offender."

A journal was recovered after the arrests of Coleman. A forensic document examiner verified that the handwriting in the entry matched Coleman's handwriting.

An entry from January 9 read:

Originally Posted by Vanessa Coleman

Last night was one of a kind. We stayed w/a crackhead that is cool as hell. It snowed a lil bit but it's already melted. Let's talk about adventures! I had one HELL OF AN ADVENTURE since I've been in the big T.N. It's a crazy world these days! But I love the fun adventures [and] lessons that I've learned. It[']s going to be a long interesting year!

Coleman, the only female charged and convicted in the crimes, is held at the Tennessee Prison for Women, now known as the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, in Nashville. Serving a 35-year sentence, Coleman was eligible for parole in 2017 and her sentence expires on April 18, 2036.

PAROLE HEARING

In August 2014, the families of the victims were notified that with good behavior, Coleman's sentence was being reduced by 16 days per month of incarceration, making her eligible for parole consideration in October 2014. The parole hearing was rescheduled from October to December. At the December 2014 hearing, Coleman was denied parole and her next parole consideration date was set for December 2020. Coleman again went before a parole board on December 8, 2020. Christian's and Newsom's mothers and Christian's father gave statements to the board opposing parole. The seven board members voted unanimously to deny Coleman parole and ensure that she would not be eligible to go before a parole board again for ten years.

CURRENT STATUS & INCARCERATION

ATTACHMENTS

• Interrogation
• 1st Verdict
• Parole Hearing

[Pyramid_Head]

Originally Posted by Eternally Solo ↗

Vanessa Coleman

Attachment 1162656

Vanessa Lynn Coleman (born June 29, 1988) was arrested by the Lebanon Police Department in her home town of Lebanon, Kentucky. She faced 40 Tennessee state charges. Coleman was indicted on 12 counts of felony murder related to rape, robbery, kidnapping, and theft, one count of premeditated murder (of Christian only), one count of especially aggravated robbery (of Newsom only), four counts of especially aggravated kidnapping, 20 counts of aggravated rape, and two counts of theft.

Prosecutors believe that Coleman held Christian captive while the male offenders were murdering Newsom.

On January 11, Coleman was arrested in Lebanon, Kentucky.

Coleman admitted to being present in the house during the crimes, claiming that she had been held hostage by the other defendants.

TRIAL & VERDICT

Attachment 1162651

District Attorney Randy Nichols announced that the state would seek the death penalty Coleman if convicted.

Vanessa Coleman, the last defendant to face trial, was granted immunity by federal authorities for testimony in the federal case of the carjacking, but the state courts ruled that the federal grant of immunity could not extend to the state charges of murder and rape.

On May 13, 2010, Coleman was acquitted of first-degree murder and found guilty of lesser charges. On July 30, 2010, she was sentenced to 53 years in prison. During sentencing, Christian's father stated, "for me, personally, you took my baby. You took my opportunity to say yes to a young man one day. You took my (wedding) dance away. You took my opportunity to hold her child, my grandbaby."

RE-TRIAL & VERDICT

Attachment 1162646

Facing the same charges as in her first trial, on November 20, 2012, Vanessa Coleman was convicted by a jury of the facilitation of aggravated kidnapping, facilitation of rape, and the facilitation of the murder of Channon Christian, but not of Christopher Newsom. These convictions were on lesser charges than her initial convictions. While the retrial was conducted in Knoxville, the jury for the retrial was selected from Jackson, Tennessee, more than 300 miles west of Knoxville.

Attachment 1162649

Coleman's lawyers argued that she should receive a 20-year sentence, while prosecutors asked for the maximum sentence of nearly 50 years. Blackwood sentenced Coleman to 35 years in prison on February 1, 2013, minus credit for time already served. Specifically, he sentenced her to 25 years for the facilitation of Christian's murder, six years for the facilitation of kidnapping, and four years for the facilitation of rape. During sentencing, Blackwood commented that "the psychological torture of this unfortunate victim was immense." He also called the crime "the most horrible" murder case he had seen.

Attachment 1162657

In 2014 the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals denied Coleman's request for a new trial and upheld her sentence. Judge Thomas T. Woodall wrote in his opinion: "The facts at trial showed that (Coleman) was in the (Chipman Street) house for nearly two days where (Christian) was confined and brutally raped before she was tied up, wrapped in five plastic trash bags and stuffed into a garbage can, where she died from asphyxiation...

In … journal entries (written after the slayings, Coleman) described 'one hell of an adventure in the big T.N.' and wrote that she 'loved her life!'. This evidence supports the trial court's finding that (Coleman) is a dangerous offender."

A journal was recovered after the arrests of Coleman. A forensic document examiner verified that the handwriting in the entry matched Coleman's handwriting.

An entry from January 9 read:



Coleman, the only female charged and convicted in the crimes, is held at the Tennessee Prison for Women, now known as the Debra K. Johnson Rehabilitation Center, in Nashville. Serving a 35-year sentence, Coleman was eligible for parole in 2017 and her sentence expires on April 18, 2036.

PAROLE HEARING

Attachment 1162647

In August 2014, the families of the victims were notified that with good behavior, Coleman's sentence was being reduced by 16 days per month of incarceration, making her eligible for parole consideration in October 2014. The parole hearing was rescheduled from October to December. At the December 2014 hearing, Coleman was denied parole and her next parole consideration date was set for December 2020. Coleman again went before a parole board on December 8, 2020. Christian's and Newsom's mothers and Christian's father gave statements to the board opposing parole. The seven board members voted unanimously to deny Coleman parole and ensure that she would not be eligible to go before a parole board again for ten years.

CURRENT STATUS & INCARCERATION

Attachment 1162652

Attachment 1162681

ATTACHMENTS

• Interrogation
• 1st Verdict
• Parole Hearing

Thanks for the updates. That ugly cunt should have got life too.

[Eternally Solo]

Originally Posted by Pyramid_Head ↗

Thanks for the updates. That ugly cunt should have got life too.

Agreed! She wasn't as innocent as she betrayed. She said that she didn't hear anything. How can you not hear a woman being raped or having bleach poured on her & down her throat.

Yeah, life would be an apropos sentence. She's already been denied parole 1 or 2 times already. Another hearing is in 2030.

As long as the Christian & Newcom parents are alive, she'll be denied parole again.

[Pyramid_Head]

Originally Posted by Eternally Solo ↗

Agreed! She wasn't as innocent as she betrayed. She said that she didn't hear anything. How can you not hear a woman being raped or having bleach poured on her & down her throat.

Yeah, life would be an apropos sentence. She's already been denied parole 1 or 2 times already. Another hearing is in 2030.

As long as the Christian & Newcom parents are alive, she'll be denied parole again.

Yea, for sure. Let's hope they never let her out.

[schindler]

Originally Posted by Pink. ↗

for once I would have to agree with the Islamic law...


although even though this is three years old, I think a good old fashioned hanging would do the trick.

agreed!!!

As for redsins comment....these HAPPENED to be blacks....but I see lots of this shit perpetrated by all kinds down here.

they should be terrorized before their deaths.