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The Tennessee Supreme Court has granted a new trial in a Memphis case in which a man was convicted of rape of a child.
In 2012, Frederick Herron was sentenced to 25 years in prison for the rape of his ex-wife’s younger sister. The victim, who said she was between the ages of 8 and 12 when…
The Tennessee Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence for a man who was convicted of first degree felony murder in 1991 for his role in the killing of an elderly couple during a string of burglaries near the Land Between the Lakes region.
In June 1988, William Eugene Hall escaped from a…
The Governor’s Council for Judicial Appointments is now accepting applications for the Circuit Court Judge vacancy in the 1st Judicial District – Carter, Johnson, Unicoi, & Washington counties. The impending vacancy has been created by the announcement by Judge Thomas J. Seeley,…