Posted on 10/30/2009 12:14:25 PM PDT by abb
KNOXVILLE - A Knox County jury this afternoon sentenced convicted torture-slaying ringleader Lemaricus Davidson to death by lethal injection for the January 2007 murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom.
The jury of five women and seven men deliberated about four hours before returning its decision to a packed courtroom.
The punishment is death, the jury foreman said.
The victims' families gasped at the verdict, but Davidson showed no reaction. Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner admonished those in the courtroom to control any outburst.
The murder was especially heinous, atrocious and cruel, the foreman said, reading from the verdict form.
Davidson, 28, most likely will be taken to Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville where death row is housed. Some male inmates, however, are incarcerated at Morgan County Correctional Complex in Wartburg for security reasons. Two inmates with the death penalty are currently housed at that prison.
The jurors this morning heard closing arguments in the penalty phase of this 11-day trial before getting a final round of legal instructions from Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner.
Prosecutor Takisha Fitzgerald told jurors Davidson killed Christian, 21, a University of Tennessee student and her boyfriend Newsom, 23, to save his own neck.
"The only thing Chris had left was the knowledge of who his attacker was," Fitzgerald said. "(Davidson) took everything else. The only thing (Channon) had left was the knowledge of who her attacker was."
Defense attorney Doug Trant asked jurors to spare Davidson's life, noting the abuse he suffered and the foster parents who still love him.
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horrific story: http://www.snopes.com/politics/crime/newsom.asp
You never know........maybe some justice will be administered to him in prison before he gets the needle. When was TN’s last execution? Anybody know?
Unfortunately, the man earned his sentence. No guarantee that it will ever be carried out, though.
It was a major hate crime but was not prosecuted as such. The DA is a coward.
The media squelch black-on-white crime stories as much as possible. It doesn’t fit the narrative at all. Violent black-on-white crime is an epidemic in this country.
Fry him, and may the Lord have mercy on his soul (if He chooses) and comfort anyone who cares for him.
Oh please. That "little boy" is a 28 year old man now. While his childhood was tragic it does not give him the right to do what he did to Chris and Channon.
The man deserves to be hung, electrocuted, shot, and lethal injected. In that order.
Unbelievable, this despite the fact that there are 7 blacks on the jury, great news, how long til the execution, my popcorn is popping as we speak.
Ten minutes with Sister John Michael and this animal wouldn't know what hit him.
Dang, appeals process may take several years before they fry the bastard, I’m bummed! Then again let it weigh heavy on his mind that he has but a few years to live.
http://www.wate.com/Global/story.asp?S=11412794
My renewed somewhat cautious faith in Black people being able to administer justice to their own has quickly been relinquished.
I say put him in a cell with some fellas that will return the favor that he did to these kids ... his brother lost his bravado and sought protection in prison just the other day. Total cowards!
I totally disrespect MSM for not reporting this crime on primetime. I expect that 5 years from now we’ll see some liberal heart BS story supporting these killer’s release from prison; a Katie Couric classic in the making.
Give ACORN another three years /s
“A hate whitey crime the MSM is afraid to talk about.
Bastards.”
Yeah, I’m sure the Halfrican will be commenting on this case any time now.
Joseph Farrah of World Net Daily has written of Jesse Dirkheising several times. It was just a few weeks ago when Joe reminded his readers of Jesse on the 10th anniversary of his killing at the hands of a couple of sodomites.
“According to sources (Snopes and Wikipedia), Newsoms penis was NOT cut off. The rapes did cause mutilation to both victims.”
Neither are credible sources for stories such as this one.
Potential? He has potential? Then shouldn't he be given a Nobel Prize?
“And I love the line about being an abused child, foster parents, blah blah blah.”
I have often thought what a disservice that this line of reasoning is to the people who have been abused, and do not go out and abuse others.
In addition I blame liberals for the most part for encouraging this line of reasoning when excusing heinous behaviour of these animals
It's coming in Hell.
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