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Judge in Christian-Newsom Murders Rejects ?Young Innocent? Defense

By Baker Associates

Vanessa Coleman, the 22-year old woman recently convicted on multiple counts in connection with the brutal Christian-Newsom murders that took place in Knoxville in 2007, was sentenced to 53 years in prison last Friday by Judge Richard Baumgartner who rejected the argument that Coleman was a ?young innocent? who had been forced into criminal action by the other offenders, including her then-boyfriend Latalvis Cobbins. Baumgartner found that Coleman was not innocent with regard to the commission of the crime and had in fact participated willingly, citing Coleman?s decisions to form a relationship with Cobbins, move to Tennessee, and stay at the scene of the crime throughout the duration of the victims? torture and killings as evidence that Coleman was a willing participant...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on August 04, 2010 (boomark / email).