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Reflecting on a Tragedy

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

By now, I imagine that most Tennesseans are aware of the trial underway in Knoxville for one of the four people charged in the carjacking, rape, and murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom, a young Knoxville couple, in 2007.Every aspect of this case is horrific. And frankly, a case such as this keeps the fervor for the death penalty strong as the details are so gruesome and ghastly that one can hardly read or hear about them.I read the story in the Tennessean yesterday about the first defendant currently on trial, Letalvius Cobbins, who recently took the stand in his own defense. Cobbins pled guilty to rape but not to murder. Though he did apologize for his participation, it was too little too late for the victims' families. Some of his comments, which I won't go into here but you can read about, caused Channon Christian's father to come out of his seat and call Cobbins "a liar...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on August 24, 2009 (boomark / email).