Horror in Knoxville update: Trial stalled for one year
It must be maddening for the families of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom. I know you haven’t forgotten the young couple brutally murdered in a racially-charged case in Knoxville, TN. I haven’t, either. The latest? Justice delayed in the trial of suspect George Thomas:
Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner today granted a request to drop the speedy trial for one of four suspects in the torture-slayings of a Knoxville couple more than a year ago.
Attorneys for George “Detroit” Thomas said they dropped the request after receiving new information from prosecutors last week.
Among the information were 260 pages of interviews by federal agents.
Thomas is charged in the January 2007 slayings of Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23. Prosecutors say the couple was carjacked and robbed and then taken to a Chipman Street residence where both were beaten, raped and slain.
Thomas originally was to be the last of the four to be tried, but his attorneys pressed for a speedy trial.
Baumgartner granted that request, and Thomas’ trial was to begin Aug. 11.
He now will be tried last, with a trial date set for Aug. 10, 2009.
Investigators say Newsom was shot and his body burned. Christian’s abuse lasted hours longer and she eventually was hog-tied and stuffed into a trash can where she suffocated.
Others charged with the brutal slayings are Letalvis Cobbins, Lemaricus Davidson and Cobbins’ girlfriend, Vanessa Coleman.
All four face the death penalty if convicted.
Some 700 people had been tapped as potential jurors in the case.
The judge in the case had earlier ruled that prosecutors can use Thomas’s jailhouse conversations as incriminating evidence in the trial.
Maybe when the Washington Post’s massive staff gets through with its 12-part series on Chandra Levy’s murder, they can spare a reporter or two to cover the ongoing horror in Knoxville.
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Words fail me. I am so sorry for the two famlies. I pray they will someday get justice.
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God Bless both families and hope in the end, if found guilty, the perpetrators receive the death penalty.
Sadly, we can only pray. These families’ grief will last for years — and be dragged around every time the slightest delay in getting these [insert your own expletive here] to trial and seated on Sparky.
Let’s begin a sign-up sheet for those volunteering to throw the switch.
federal agents? WTF?
There is a similar situation in Williamsburg, VA. An illegal immigrant name Oswaldo Martinez raped, tortured and murdered a 16 year old girl named Brittany Binger. The case has been delayed for a number of years because the illegal is a deaf mute and must be brought up to the courts required standards of competence.
Imagine for a moment the horror that the Binger family has been treated to by the courts. Also imagine for a moment that the illegal was able to get across the border in Mexico, make it a couple of thousand miles to Willliamsburg, get a job and living facilities, – and that is just the surface stuff we know about.
The national courts are a disgrace in the Christian/Newson case and also the Oswaldo Martinez case.
Words can’t say how much I wish death upon the murderers and that the victims find peace in heaven.
You can call me what you want when this post is over. I’ll take it with a grain of salt. This story makes me angry, nay livid, everytime i see those poor people’s picture.
These animals do, in fact, deserve a speedy trial.
What they do not deserve, however, is fair and humane treatment afterwards. These sick, twisted, disgusting subhuman pieces of trash deserve nothing less than the same sadistic, excrutiating punishment inflicted on them, only in greater measure.
I had absolutely no empathy, sympathy, or concern for this type of social excrement, and the faster they find their way into the burning hells, the faster these 2 victim’s families can find peace.
I say let them fry. Extra crispy. Get these trials done, and lets throw out the trash.
you know…the justice system is making it very hard to go vigilante.
seems a perp has more rights than the victim anymore.
to not go vigilante**
Goose-Gander.
This White Man has found his inner Cortez, his inner Charles Martel, his inner Octavian,. When will WE band together and march? When will WE start organizations which protect our own? When will WE shout “No Justice, No Peace!” and mean it?
Why are made up crimes(Duke)against black women FAR more important to the media AND the justice system than ACTUALLY tortured, dismembered, savagely raped and murdered White people?
The families made it through one of the trials, so far. But, it must be taking a toll on them. Eric Dewayne Boyd was convicted for his part in Federal court in April of this year. Boyd taunted the family with outbursts like, “Bring it on!” Fortunately, the system was able to bring it to him. And, as Mr. Newsom put it, “One down and 4 to go. We got more to go on this one too. Today ain’t the last Eric Boyd’s going to hear from us, that’s a guarantee.”
RE #6:
I echo that sentiment wholeheartedly. Yet, you’ll have people say they’ll suffer more if they just get life in prison. How? These animals aren’t going to feel any remorse, and the fact they still get to breathe the same air I do when they wouldn’t allow their victims the same courtesy makes me absolutely sick.
Justice delayed, indeed…I wonder if there such a thing anymore.
they need the death penalty even if they aren’t convicted
I know. The world is full of spineless, bleeding heart whiners that cry for justice and the criminals’ head when THEY are the victims, but when it someone else…well, we can’t have that now can we?
I’m not really sorry…but I dont see 3 hots and a cot, free cable tv and exercise in the rec yard, and all the other things LIVING people get to do (even in prison) as being a punishment to fit their disgusting crime.
Leave their corpses for the buzzards. They have to eat too.
In my hometown last week, 2 young 20 something men were kidnapped, tied up with chains, sexually assaulted and threated with death over a 4 day period. Luckily for them, they made it out alive.
I used to wonder whether there was more evil in the world than before, or whether we just hear about more of it due to our increased ability to communicate. I have come to believe it is the former.
Such a horrible, horrible story. I can’t imagine being one of the people to come upon the bodies of the two victims in this case. Brutal.
In the meantime, taxpayers are paying how much for each year each of these scum sit in jail waiting for a trial while reminiscing on their exploits as if it’s some badge of honor? $50000? $100,000? And you know damn well there’s not the slightest shred of remorse in any of them, except that they got caught.
How about they work hard labor minimum 18 hours a day to pay for their incarceration in the meantime.
IMO, the death penalty is too good for these scum. How about crushed nutsacks, castration with a rusty knife.. you get the idea. Then feed them to the rabid Afghan or Iraqi terrorists who seem to take pleasure in using portable hand-drills to drill holes in the heads of their captors before dragging them behind vehicles until they die, then stringing their carcasses upside down from poles and leaving them for the crows to eat. That’s what these scum deserve, and even that’s too good.
Guaranteed eternity in the torment of hell is what they have earned.
*threatened* with death…jeez
Knox County Criminal Court?
Something is very wrong here… Kidnapping & civil rights issues should be a Federal matter.
Exercise your second amendment rights: Keep and bear arms.
#18:
Why should it be a federal matter? This shouldn’t be a federal matter at all.
The first one was tried in Federal court, red. Apparently, each defendant’s circumstances are a little different and some didn’t meet the criteria for the Feds to step and prosecute like they did in Boyd’s case.
I was amazed when I heard the other day that the judge was going to allow the recorded phone conversations from jail on the Thomas case.
Thank you for the clarification Barry, I thought the Feds had this.
But something still smell a bit off if you know what I mean…
People in the U.S. are protected against Cruel & Unusual punishment, those who commit act such as in this case however are MONSTERS, so evil that there needs to be a punishment so agonizing that matches the crime. Also the families of the victims deserve a speedy trail and to hell with the monsters that did this to two humans.
It’s just a shame that we’ll never know what these two promising young people could have contributed to society. No amount of punishment for the criminals will ever bring them back.
captors = captives, sorry.
It’s ridiculous that Boyd was even tried in federal court. This is insane. What the hell are the feds getting involved for?
and abstractmind #6, totally with you.
don’t hold your breath…!
I am all for going back to the old way. Thomas Jefferson said that the death penalty should be carried out within a fortnight.
Punishment applied in the eyes of the public would be more effective. Ninety & nine on the hard rock pile, chain gangs, and other physical labor would make prison a place you would not want to return. Not that I want to go to one even now. I think Joe Arpaio has the right idea, bring back the posses.
Soooo what ever happened to politicians running on a law & order platform?
Unfortunately, our criminal justice system has less to do with justice and more to do with how much money the lawyers can get for their time. Delay, delay, delay wastes money for both sides in the trial. I feel sad for all families victimized this way.
They do not call it “Criminal Justice” for nothing.
They call us NEOCONS and make it sound terrible. Kinda like “Swift Boat Vet”.
#31:
You should be blaming the prosecutors in this case. Springing information on the defense a week ago is going to result in a necessary delay. As much as these guys deserve to die the most painful and horrible deaths imaginable, the process is a valuable one for all of us. The government MUST be held to a high standard of proof since government is the only authority to take someone’s life, liberty, and property.
Way OT, but how stupid does a woman have to be to name her child Letalvis or Lemaricus? 70 IQ? 65? 60?
Why doesn’t Planned Parenthood hand out books like this to help babymamas avoid naming their children after internal organs, chemicals or Toyota models?
I just don’t understand the preoccupation bleeding hearts have with how animals such as these are treated and punished. Why do they care so much for them? Remember the ‘Tookie’ Williams case, and the celebs writing letters on HIS behalf? Did any one of them bother to write a letter to his victim’s family expressing their sorrow at the family’s loss? Oh no…they were too busy telling us what a good person this murderous animal was. Hey, maybe the victim was a good person too!!!
Absolutely disgusting. It makes me wish there really was a Dirty Harry type out there…
Perhaps their mothers and fathers should be neutered, just to make sure no more of these scum are added to the gene pool.
I hear that Jesse Jackson’s available for castrations.
LOL
This case makes me wish I believed in the existence of Hell.
I’ll believe enough for both of us – how’s that?
God bless these two families in their grief.
Where are the Al $harptons and Je$$ie Jacksons when something like this happens. If the colors would have been different, we all know that we would be buried in mobs, protests, and endless news stories. Where is the balance?
I come at this from the opposite angle. Cases like this reinforce my belief in a higher power, whether that makes me simple minded or not. Knowing that animals like this will not receive true justice here on earth, the only consolation I have, the only way I can make sense of this evil, is to believe that they will be truly held accountable on the other side. Otherwise, the misery that we suffer through in this existence is truly pointless, and I can’t accept that the vastness of this existence, the strength of the feelings we develop for others, for nature, for the wonder of all that’s around us, is only for the few years we’re on this earth.
Perhaps I am a simple-minded fool. But I’m ok with that. It keeps me sane.
Get a CCW, and carry a pistol. Teach your children self-defense, starting with pistolcraft. Don’t be a defenseless unarmed victim!
Our judicial system, sadly, is filled with feckless appointees and stooges. The best justice is that which can be meted-out via self-defense when confronted by miscreants and scum. Our system is ill-equipped to keep anyone safe despite all the hyperbolic claims to the contrary.
You know, and I’m not happy about this, but I think most of us here know where this BullSh*t is going to end.
Was the government an accessory in these murders. By that I mean, did their policies, our policies, encourage the birth of these suspects. Did the government pay to feed, clothe, and house them. Is this a result of our tax dollars at work. I don’t suppose anyone will ever answer these questions.
When convicted can we have a speedy carry out of the sentence since they are not going for a speedy trial ? Hang em in town square.
I’m with you, Mattymatt.
When wellfare became a career choice, when prison stopped being punishment and became rehabilitation,when school stopped being education and became indoctrination the sane people lost control of the country.
How do we get it back? Will it take another revolution?
Anyone?
Can’t you people take a hint from the inaction of “civil rights” champions like Jackson, Sharpton, Wright, Farrakhan and the various editors within the MSM? There’s nothing to see here! So can we PLEASE get back to the horrors, dealt by our boys and girls in uniform, upon the innocent, enemy combatants at Gitmo?
Besides, it isn’t like these two kids had water poured over a cloth covering their face or anything like that.
*Outrage-driven sarc/off.
Defense for G. Detroit Thomas:
Your honor and members of the jury…my client is the VICTIM…..
More like their 48-part love-fest with Odumbo. Perhaps after they’re done cleaning up all the drool off the floor they’ll get around to it.
Speaking of which, I wonder what HE thinks of this?
Pretty much in agreement with those who believe that punishment should not only be speedy but darn right hellish for the scum who did this. I’ll continue to pray for the families of Newsom and Christian.
Those questions should never even be raised. It is the slippery slope that libtards love to invoke.
Whatever government support these animals had is irrelevant. Human beings have free will, and having that free will makes each person solely responsible for his own actions. What these scumbags did cannot be imputed to government, community, or any other entity.
We need to keep responsibility for one’s actions exactly where it belongs: on the individual person.
What a contrast, on one end of the scale we have a sterling gentleman like Tony Snow, on the opposite end lies the scum of the Earth like Letalvis Cobbins, Lemaricus Davidson, George “Detroit” Thomas and Cobbins’ girlfriend, Vanessa Coleman.
That is a superb point. Maybe it is our time to take to the streets. Everyone else does, including non citizens.
The white man cowers, afraid of being called (GASP!), a bigot or a racist. Well, what were these scum that killed these innocent kids? Wilding, I guess. /sarcasm
He needs to be made a deaf mute eunuch.
upbringing in a financial class has nothing to do with committing these crimes. I grew up in the welfare system and in subsidized housing. It is upbring within the home and being taught the difference between right and wrong that was missing here. It is being taught responsibility that was missing here. If anyone is to blame – it is the parents of these individuals – they apparently failed as parents to instill values within their children. Now their children sit on or will be shortly sitting on death row and the parents only have themselves to blame.
You got that right. I remember during the crime and looting during the Rodney King riotssome libtard acquaintances were saying it was because those people were not getting their “basic needs” met. I looked at them and said, “Not all poor people are criminals, and not all criminals are poor!” It made them blink and shut up.
To be honest, I doubt if any of them came from a two parent home. They probably don’t even know their fathers. Secondly, I bet the parents are blaming the government, slavery, whites, etc… for this situation – but never their own children, or themselves.
Just a stream of consciousness moment, I gues, but how come there is no lifeguard for the gene pool?
I agree, Soap. Prayers for the victims’ families to find peace and justice.
God bless you Michelle — I was wondering what was happening with the case…my heart is still broken over it, so monstrous and surreal.
My prayers to the families.
I have heard it more than once from White Liberals that we must be understanding when blacks kill whites–143 years ago their ancestors were slaves. That was pretty much the situation and justification in the OJ trial.
And may this case be a lesson why ALL honest people should and must carry a firearm and practice with the damn thing. God be with the families of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom and may they now all be armed. I doubt these thugs let Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom call 9-1-1 much less wait for the police.
May the Fires of Hell burn hot for
George “Detroit” Thomas
Letalvis Cobbins(Leviticus?)
Lemaricus Davidson
Vanessa Coleman
Al $harpton and
Je$$ie Jackson
Everyone has a right to a vigorous defense and then we can kill them. I still believe public hanging would serve a good purpose. I would pay to see it. Hell I would buy the rope.
If you can figure out who their fathers are.
This is what happens when moral relativism rules the day. Unable to distinguish between good and evil, right or wrong, because somebody’s feelings may get hurt. Oh by the way all you libtards out there, I label this evil. What do you call it? (holds hand up to ear, to the sound of crickets)
The animal known as Mr. Boyd will soon be some badman’s girlfriend.
My heart goes out to the families.
The other pieces of human filth deserve a fair and just trial.
I think cruel and inhuman would be just fine with me…..
and what’s wrong with America? Try judges, major media, and our shameful government schools.
May peace find the members of each family of the victims…and may the perps find a quick visit to hell to burn forever.
Our sadly broken legal system each day is making more and more of a case to support vigilante justice.
I’m Agnostic but I pray there is a hell because I know garbage like these rapist animals will never suffer enough in this world. Evil gets away with far too much on earth, at least in our idiotic modern society.
Black on white violence. No story here people, move along.
justice delayed is justice denied. The court system is broken. Much of our mess is the fault of greedy lawyers and complicit judges.
Alive.
Perpetrators are protected from cruel and unusual punishment but victims are not! This quote from davidleerothmann says it best:
“Why are made up crimes (Duke) against black women FAR more important to the media AND the justice system than ACTUALLY tortured, dismembered, savagely raped and murdered White people?”
Why does this happen? Because We, the People sit on our apathetic butts and do nothing! Sure we bitch, moan and complain on message boards but we allow our government free reign to do with us what it will. Special interest groups lobby Congress and get protection for these “poor, misguided and under privileged” killers while the rest of us live in fear.
In my opinion, we have only ourselves to blame for this horrible miscarriage of justice! God bless the families and victims of these horrible crimes. God bless the future victims that will surely happen because the “Silent Majority” remains silent!
Tennesseans are a kind, fair-minded and just people. As bad as this case looks right now, I still believe the people of that great state will demand that justice be done.
It is amazing that this trial will be postponed for so long. I just don’t understand this. What was the rationale for it? It shouldn’t take so long to put these animals behind bars.
What’s even more ironic are the many people who defend these animals and say it wasn’t a race-based crime. What happened to these two young people has raised more questions about the black community than it has answered. Any time I hear a black American “claim” that whites are more racist than blacks, I will point to what happened to this TN couple.
I’m amazed that more than a year has passed since Michelle broke this story on Hot Air, and still, nothing but eerie, amazing silence form the MSM. She must have been right when she said that this crime isn’t useful to the MSM.
if this had happened to a member of my family, I think I would literally be going mad with rage and anger. These five need to have their day in court, and get their just and due sentencing. The families of the victims have suffered long enough.
What a heartbreaking story, I’m so saddened to hear what they went through. I’m upset that the media has not informed us , this is a story the news should report. God Bless
At some moment the broad white population will come to see how rapacious this liberal Democrat culture is. The culture that milks any white on black outrage while ignoring the far more common black on white savagery. Who knows how much longer it will be? Not that long, I suspect.