Couple brutally raped and tortured - Page 11

On December 10 2011 02:46 taintmachine wrote:
the defendants in this case (which were already sentenced) are getting a retrial. the decision was made on dec. 1, 2011. the presiding judge was addicted to, i think, prescription drugs at the time.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murders_of_Channon_Christian_and_Christopher_Newsom

Channon Gail Christian, 21, and Hugh Christopher Newsom, Jr., 23, were a couple from Knoxville, Tennessee. They were both raped, tortured and murdered after being kidnapped early on the morning of January 7, 2007. Their vehicle had been carjacked.[1][2] Five suspects were arrested and charged in the case. The grand jury indicted four of the suspects on counts of murder, robbery, kidnapping, rape and theft. Three of those arrested, Letalvis D. Cobbins, Lemaricus Davidson and George Thomas, have been convicted on multiple charges including several counts of felony murder. After a jury trial Lemaricus Davidson was sentenced to death by lethal injection and Letalvis Cobbins and George Thomas were sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Vanessa Coleman has been convicted of facilitating the crimes and sentenced to 53 years in prison, and Eric Dewayne Boyd has been convicted of federal charges as accessory after the fact to carjacking and sentenced to 18 years in prison.[3]

On December 1st, 2011, new trials were granted to the defendants due to drug abuse by the presiding Judge.

http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/newsom.asp

In December 2011, the convictions of Lemaricus Davidson, Letalvis Cobbins, George Thomas, and Vanessa Coleman were overturned by a special judge who ruled that the presiding judge at their trials, Richard Baumgartner, was intoxicated at the time. The four defendants will be facing new trials.

On December 10 2011 03:01 Defacer wrote:
I can't imagine anyone, of any race, not being appalled by this.

Edit: Well, when you read the Snopes article, it just clarifies that most of the details of the mutilation didn't happen and it was 'just' rape and murder. Still disturbing though.

On December 10 2011 02:58 eXeJJu wrote:
how people can even think about doing this kind of thing is beyond my understanding, i hope the couple and their family were able to find some peace.

On December 10 2011 02:50 mastergriggy wrote:


This one of those times where I'd be fine if they were all shot and that was the end of it. Seriously sick shit they did.