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T&T's CASE COVERAGE


DEFENDANTS
Leviltas Cobbins
Lemaricus Davidson
George Thomas
Vanessa Coleman

VICTIMS
Channon Christian
Christopher Newsom

DOCUMENTS
Vanessa Coleman Interview Transcript

RETRIALS
George Thomas Retrial 
March 27th, 2013 Christian-Newsom Case: George Thomas Retrial
May 11th 2013 George Thomas Retrial Set To Begin
May 17th, 2013 George Thomas Retrial - Guilty!
May 18th, 2013 Thomas Convicted For Second Time

Vanessa Coleman Retrial
11/9/2012 Jury Selected in Vanessa Coleman Retrial
11/18/2012 Attending Vanessa Coleman's Retrial
October 23rd, 2012 One Victim or Two? Judge Blackwood to Decide in Christian/Newsom Retrial
November 8th, 2012 Christian-Newsom Case: Vanessa Coleman Retrial 
February 14, 2013 Vanessa Coleman Gets 35-Year Sentence

T&T Continuing Case Coverage
May 21st, 2010 Afterword by David in Tennessee - David in TN
March 2nd, 2011 Christian-Newsom Case on ID - David in TN
June 11th, 2011 Cobbins' Motion for a New Trial - David in TN
October 23rd, 2011 Motions For New Trials - David in TN
December 1st, 2011 Motions For New Trials Granted - Sprocket
January 7th, 2012 Torture-Murders: Five Years Later - David in TN
April 15th, 2012 State's Appeal Bid Rejected - David in TN
May 22nd, 2012 Baumgartner Arrested!
May 25th, 2012 TN Supreme Court Stops Overturn of Verdicts
June 4th, 2012 Breaking News
June 6th, 2012 Latest News
Jun 14th, 2012 Judge Blackwood Refuses to Recuse Himself
August 21st, 2012 Judge Blackwood Refuses to Step Down from Retrials

FIRST TRIALS
Leviltas Cobbins
August 23rd, 2009 The Christian-Newsom Torture Murder Case - David in TN
September 3rd, 2009 Verdict Reached in the Christian-Newsom Murder Case - David in TN
September 11th, 2009 Christian-Newsom Torture Murders Update - David in TN
November 7th, 2009 TruTV Replays First Trial in Christian Newsom Case - David in TN
February 25th, 2010 Sometimes There is a God: Sentencing - Donchais

Lemaricus Davidson
September 21st, 2009 Jury Selection Begins - David in TN
September 29th, 2009 Judge Delays Second Trial - David in TN
October 4th, 2009 Jury Seated in Second Trial - David in TNOctober 11th, 2009 Update Second Murder Trial - David in TN
October 17th, 2009 Second Murder Trial Starts - David in TN
October 21st, 2009 Second Murder Trial: Day 1 & 2 - David in TN
October 25th, 2009 Prosecution Rests - David in TN
October 31st, 2009 Death Sentence for Davidson - David in TN
June 13th, 2010 Lemaricus Davidson Gets Sentenced - David in TN

George Thomas
November 22nd, 2009 Third Trial Set to Begin - David in TN
December 5th, 2009 Trial Continues - Donchais
December 8th, 2009 Thomas Guilty on all 46 Counts - Donchais
December 10th, 2009 Thomas Receives Life Without Parole - Donchais
February 10th, 2010 Defense Acquittal Motion Denied - Donchais
March 4th, 2010 Thomas in Court Again: Sentencing - Donchais

Vanessa Coleman
January 28th, 2010 Families Suffering Continues - Donchais
March 5th, 2010 Did She Keep a Journal of the Crimes? - DonchaisMay 10th, 2010 Vanessa Coleman Trial Coverage - David in TN
September 17th, 2010 Vaness Coleman Sentencing - David in TN

OTHER NEWS MEDIA
Knox News Complete Trial Coverage & Video
Knox News Video Synopsis of the Crime
Knox News Jamie Satterfield Takes Questions Online