Posted on 10/28/2009 11:37:43 AM PDT by fujimoh
KNOXVILLE - A jury this afternoon convicted Lemaricus Davidson of first-degree murder in the January 2007 torture slayings of a Knox County couple.
Davidson, 26, faces a potential death sentence for the deaths of University of Tennessee student Channon Christian, 21, and her boyfriend Christopher Newsom, 23.
Jurors will consider his punishment in a separate proceeding that will begin Thursday. The jurors also could choose life without parole or life in prison, a mandatory 51-year sentence.
(Excerpt) Read more at knoxnews.com ...
Not only there. "Court TV," for example, has never mentioned it and there's been hardly any mention of it even on Fox News. Long ago I lived in Chicago; Knoxville, TN is a lot better. Far lower taxes and shall issue CCW, among other things.
He’s convicted! Now throw this animal in a cage and lock it.
More like the "alleged human female" is trying to get immunity.
Because none of the killers are admitting racist motives or racist language, and the victims can’t, it won’t be tried as a hate crime.
In any other area than crime, the media and the elite will prove racism by patterns without explicit statements. People with black accents are more likely to be told the apartment is already rented; resumes with black names on them are less likely to result in an interview, etc.
But there is a screaming PATTERN of differential victimization that the media and the sociologists and the government do not touch, that they in fact obscure to present the impression that the predation runs the other direction.
Maybe you don’t punish individuals for the trend when you can’t prove racial hate, because the killers don’t admit racial motives and the victims can’t testify. But the whole notion of hate crimes is dubious anyway - and these torture-rapist-destroyers have earned their deaths a dozen times over, regardless of race.
What is that site?
Acorn community volunteers?
Organize dat.
With all due respect, they aren’t animals.
Animals don’t do what these “people” did.
I believe it began as a crime of opportunity; ended up being a crusade against the oppressors, I guess.
Like who knows what evil? said on another thread. Hang them on the 50 yard line at Neyland Stadium.
Considering the crime, I cannot think of a form of capital punishment that would seem cruel. Crucification might be appropriate in this case.
You’re right. I think this one was satanic in the order of Manson type of mentality.
The brief blurb on that picture does not do justice to the brutality of the crime.
How the jury voted in each of the charges in the torture-slaying trial of Lemaricus Davidson.
Count one: First degree felony murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of robbery of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom, during the perpetration of Robbery of Hugh Christopher Newsom.
Count two: Murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of robbery of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom, during the perpetration of Robbery of Channon Christian.
Count Three: First degree felony murder of Channon Christian during the perpetration of robbery of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Channon Christian, during the perpetration of Robbery of Hugh Christopher Newsom.
Count four: First degree felony murder of Channon Christian during the perpetration of robbery of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Channon Christian, during the perpetration of Robbery of Channon Christian.
Count five: First degree felony murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of kidnapping of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom, during the perpetration of Kidnapping of Hugh Christopher Newsom.
Count six: First degree felony murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of kidnapping of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom, during the perpetration of Kidnapping of Channon Christian.
Count seven: First degree felony murder of Channon Christian during the perpetration of kidnapping of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Channon Christian, during the perpetration of Kidnapping of Hugh Christopher Newsom.
Count eight: First degree felony murder of Channon Christian during the perpetration of kidnapping of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Channon Christian, during the perpetration of Kidnapping of Channon Christian.
Count nine: First degree felony murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom, during the perpetration of Rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom.
Count ten: First degree felony murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of rape by oral penetration of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom, during the perpetration of Rape by Oral Penetration of Channon Christian.
Count 11: First degree felony murder of Channon Christian during the perpetration of rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Channon Christian, during the perpetration of Rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom.
Count 12: First degree felony murder of Channon Christian during the perpetration of rape by oral penetration of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Channon Christian, during the perpetration of Rape by Oral Penetrtion of Channon Christian.
Count 13: First degree felony murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of theft of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom, during the perpetration of Theft of Hugh Christopher Newsom.
Count 14: First degree felony murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom during the perpetration of theft of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom, during the perpetration of Theft of Channon Christian.
Count 15: Felony murder of Channon Christian during the perpetration of theft of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Channon Christian, during the perpetration of Theft of Hugh Christopher Newsom.
Count 16: First degree felony murder of Channon Christian during the perpetration of theft of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of First Degree Felony Murder of Channon Christian, during the perpetration of Theft of Channon Christian.
Count 17: First degree premeditated murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of Premeditated First Degree Murder of Hugh Christopher Newsom.
Count 18: First degree premeditated murder of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of Premeditated First Degree Murder of Channon Christian.
Count 19: Especially aggravated robbery of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of Especially Aggravated Robbery of Hugh Christopher Newsom.
Count 20: Especially aggravated robbery of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of Especially Aggravated Robbery of Channon Christian.
Count 21: Especially aggravated kidnapping of Hugh Christopher Newsom accomplished with a deadly weapon
A. Guilty of Especially Aggravated Kidnapping of Hugh Christopher Newsom, accomplished with a deadly weapon.
Count 22: Especially aggravated kidnapping of Hugh Christopher Newsom with serious bodily injury
A. Guilty of Especially Aggravated Kidnapping of Hugh Christopher Newsom, with serious bodily injury.
Count 23: Especially aggravated kidnapping of Channon Christian accomplished with a deadly weapon
A. Guilty of Especially Aggravated Kidnapping of Channon Christian, accomplished with a deadly weapon.
Count 24: Especially aggravated kidnapping of Channon Christian with serious bodily injury
A. Guilty of Especially Aggravated Kidnapping of Channon Christian, with serious bodily injury.
Count 26: Aggravated rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom by coercive anal penetration, while armed with a weapon
B. Guilty of Facilitation of Aggravated Rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom, by coercive anal penetration while armed with a weapon.
Count 27: Aggravated rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom by anal penetration, with bodily injury
B. Guilty of Facilitation of Aggravated Rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom, by anal penetration with bodily injury.
Count 29: Aggravated rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom by coercive anal penetration, while aided and abetted by one or more persons
B. Guilty of Facilitation of Aggravated Rape of Hugh Christopher Newsom, by coercive anal penetration while aided and abetted by one or more persons.
Count 33: Aggravated rape of Channon Christian by coercive anal penetration, while armed with a weapon
A. Guilty of Aggravated Rape of Channon Christian, by coercive anal penetration while armed with a weapon.
Count 34: Aggravated rape of Channon Christian by coercive oral penetration, while armed with a weapon
A. Guilty of Aggravated Rape of Channon Christian, by coercive oral penetration while armed with a weapon.
Count 35: Aggravated rape of Channon Christian by coercive vaginal penetration, while armed with a weapon
A. Guilty of Aggravated Rape of Channon Christian, by coercive vaginal penetration while armed with a weapon.
Count 36: Aggravated rape of Channon Christian by anal penetration, with bodily injury
A. Guilty of Aggravated Rape of Channon Christian, by anal penetration with bodily injury.
Count 37: Aggravated rape of Channon Christian by oral penetration, with bodily injury
A. Guilty of Aggravated Rape of Channon Christian, by oral penetration with bodily injury.
Count 38: Aggravated rape of Channon Christian by vaginal penetration, with bodily injury
A. Guilty of Aggravated Rape of Channon Christian, by vaginal penetration with bodily injury.
Count 42: Aggravated rape of Channon Christian by coercive anal penetration, while aided and abetted by one or more persons
A. Guilty of Aggravated Rape of Channon Christian, by coercive anal penetration while aided and abetted by one or more persons.
Count 43: Aggravated rape of Channon Christian by coercive oral penetration, while aided and abetted by one or more persons
A. Guilty of Aggravated Rape of Channon Christian, by coercive oral penetration while aided and abetted by one or more persons.
Count 44: Aggravated rape of Channon Christian by coercive vaginal penetration, while aided and abetted by one or more persons
A. Guilty of Aggravated Rape of Channon Christian, by coercive vaginal penetration while aided and abetted by one or more persons.
Count 45: Theft of property of Hugh Christopher Newsom
A. Guilty of Theft of Property of Hugh Christopher Newsom, valued at $500.00 or less.
Count 46: Theft of property of Channon Christian
A. Guilty of Theft of Property of Channon Christian, valued at $10,000.00 or more but less than $60,000.00.
Source: Knox County Criminal Court verdict forms
The Needle is too good for this scum. I think the Chair would be better. Let them fry...extra crispy...
I wonder if he is thinking he should have copped a plea to two counts of first degree murder. I hope they stick a needle in his arm pronto before some wise Latina can bestow the benefit of her life experiences on him.
What the defense did in this trial is abominable, they should be in jail.
Other than going 0-46 what did they do?
An insulting and implausible defense is worse for the client than sitting down and shutting up.
They said that Channon and Christopher went to house of horrors to buy drugs and that Channon had consensual sex with the defendant(s)in exchange for drugs.
Like I said, an insulting and implausible defense is worse than sitting mute.
I agree but when you willfully put forth a story that you know is false and it brings unimaginable pain to the victim’s loved ones, that is beyond the Pale and should be punished.
Oh imagine that! If it’d been white on black, Obama would have been all over it but nooooooooo his self righteous racist self is too busy ignoring things like this and making sure the media does the same. This is what he’s bringing on us and it’ll only get worse.
I hope this animal Davidson fries for eternity. I’m not God’s decision maker but I don’t think a chance for salvation is a fair trade off for this creep thug.
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