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Jury Gives Cobbins Life Without Parole

By Tennessee Coalition to Abolish State Killing

Last night, a Knoxville jury sentenced Letalvis Cobbins, the first of 4 defendants to stand trial for the carjacking, rapes, and murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom, the sentence of life without the possibility of parole. Read more here.In the sentencing hearing, the jury heard a Knoxville psychologist describe Cobbins' history of neglect, abuse, homelessness, beatings, brain injury, substance abuse, and trauma. Cobbins had one period of his childhood until about about age 10 in which he lived with his aunt, upon whose death he lost the only stable figure in his life. Sadly, I was not surprised by any of the testimony I heard about Cobbins. Tragically, there are many others like him living in our communities all over Tennessee...continue to full post

Full post as published by tcask:: on the road (to abolition) on August 27, 2009 (boomark / email).