Tennessee Jury Lets Torturer-Murderer-Rapist Live (Channon Christian/Chrisopher Newsom)

DC SCOTUS Examiner ^ | 28 AUG 09 1328 EST | Hans Bader

[The Sons of Liberty]

This kind of crap is why vigilantes spring up. If you can’t get justice within the system, then you must resort to alternate means.

[Lmo56]

Yet the defense attorneys for Letalvis Cobbins, one of the five people who perpetrated these atrocities, think that he can be rehabilitated, and will not pose a risk to others in the future ...

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Lets all have milk & cookies, hold hands, sing Kumbaya, and have a nappie-poo ...

Sheesh !!!

[Nea Wood]

Some have speculated that the jurors refused to impose the death penalty out of racial favoritism, and that some on the “racially-diverse” jury may have had difficulty empathizing with the victims, who were white.

So there is no justice or equal treatment for whites. Anytime a black-on-white crime occurs, the defense can just stack the jury with blacks, who will not "empathize" with the white victim(s) because they're white. What kind of monster could fail to empathize with people treated so brutally? I would empathize with Christian and Newsome no matter WHAT race they were. But apparently blacks can only empathize with blacks.

God help us all!

[Josa]

I was on a jury for a case of black on black crime. The black jurors did not want to vote guilty on the elements of the crime to which the black defendant ADMITTED GUILT!!!

I was flabbergasted. BTW, I held out as the lone guilty vote on the major element of the crime. Was called a racist etc. During juror deliberations, the “innocent” plead guilt to ALL charges.

[elizabethgrace]

Josa, I don’t know whether to laugh or cry!

[Big_Harry]

Where are these kid's families? That is where the justice should have come from.

" Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man."(Genesis 9:6)

[TurtleUp]

This kind of crap is why vigilantes spring up. If you can’t get justice within the system, then you must resort to alternate means.

Justice from the court system is best, but justice is an absolute requirement. I have faith in the good people of TN to fix this courtroom travesty.

[Judges Gone Wild]

This is the kind of decision you get when only the unemployed will go to jury duty. These jurors, (whoever they were) had no empathy for the victims. The victims were not considered human beings by the perpetrators or the jury. They were raped twice. This is why trials should not be moved out of the original jurisdiction. The 5 “men” who did this do not deserve to live. If the victims had been carrying guns they would have had a fighting chance. My prayers go for the families.

[TennesseeGirl]

Just a follow-up. The prosecutor was black and the jury was 6 blacks, 5 whites, and 1 asian. According to the law, the victim’s impact statement made in court must be read and approved IN ADVANCE by the judge AND the defense attorneys. It can then be read before the jury. The “sob sisters” who tearfully pleaded for Cobbins life to be spared were relatives from out-of-town and that was the one and only day they came to court. They did not have to have pre-approved, scripted statements unlike the victim’s family. The Newsom’s weren’t even allowed to read one for Chris.

Deena Christian has a Facebook page requesting prayers: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=10952439561&ref=nf

[TennesseeGirl]

Actually, one of them is a woman. Letalvis Cobbins, Lemaricus Davidson (1/2 bro to Cobbins), George Thomas, and Vanessa Coleman. Eric Boyd was convicted only of accessory.