Christian's dad said Judge Blackwood needs to step down because he's in it for the publicity. Gary Christian said, "That judge is on a mission. I don't know if it's a book or movie or what exactly he's up to.
This ain't about his book or movie. This is about our daughter. The stay followed an appeal by state after Judge Blackwood refused to recuse himself. Kurtz was ordered to oversee the cases of Cobbins, Davidson and Thomas. Judge Blackwood was still set to preside over Coleman's trial in November. Of the four, only Coleman and Thomas received new trials. Like her first trial in , Coleman was found not guilty for crimes connected to Newsom. She was sentenced to 35 years in prison. Christian's father, Gary, told Thomas, "You taught me how to hate.
It was denied. The jurors include four white men, one black woman, one black man, one Hispanic woman, five white women and four alternates that include three white men and one white woman. Opening statements in the trial were set to begin at a.
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By Maggie Gregg. Published: Jul. Share on Facebook. Email This Link. Share on Twitter. Share on Pinterest. Share on LinkedIn. A timeline of events:. Investigators learned that he was renting a small house on Chipman Street, in the Cherry Street area. She had been gang-raped, choked, and bound before being put in a garbage can and suffocated to death, according to a Knoxville News Sentinel report.
A search of the murder scene turned up a video rented from a library in Kentucky by a man named George Thomas. Knoxville police tracked down Boyd, who led them to a house where Davidson was holed up. Authorities counted on the alleged co-conspirators to rat each other out, and Thomas revealed that Davidson was the ringleader of the murders and named Boyd as his accomplice. On the other hand, DNA evidence on Chris was destroyed when his body was set ablaze.
Aware that there was evidence, the five suspects told their version of the events to cast blame on others. A picture of the fatal events emerged: Davidson needed a vehicle and Channon and Christopher were targeted for carjacking. When the two were ambushed at gunpoint, another car approached and spooked the suspects. The couple was pushed into the vehicle and taken to the Chipman Street house.
Except for Boyd, suspects implicated themselves by admitting that they were in the house. Among the questions that emerged was whether Coleman was a willing participant in the crime or held against her will.
Trials unfolded separately. In April , Boyd was found guilty of being an accessory to a fatal carjacking and of aiding Davidson, a fugitive. He was sentenced to the maximum of 18 years. Over eight months, each was tried independently on 46 charges including the kidnap, rape, and murder of Channon and Chris.
Photographs of the crimes caused some people in court to pass out. The verdicts were delivered in three independent trials before three separate member juries. Davidson was found guilty of two premeditated murders and received the death penalty. Thomas and Cobbins each got life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Coleman was found guilty of lesser charges and was sentenced to 53 years, according to a Knoxville News Sentinel report. But a shocking twist that threw judgments into question came four years after the murders.
In January Baumgartner announced that he was stepping down and admitted that he was hooked on opiates. The disgraced judge resigned and eventually pleaded to misconduct before he died at age 70 in , Knox News reported at the time. In November , Coleman was found guilty of facilitating a deadly carjack and kidnap.
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