Chris Newsom / Channon Christian Trial

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Originally Posted by Twisp

Not sure if anyone has been following this. They were killed 2 years ago in the Knoxville, TN area. They are 5 defendants in all. One has already been tried and sentenced to 18 years. They started the trial on another one today. Link below goes to live feed. They are out for lunch, will be back around 1pm.

http://www.wbir.com/video/breakingvideo.aspx

This link goes to some background info on the case:

http://www.wbir.com/news/local/story...=96153&catid=2

This link goes to the Wikipedia article on it. Living in the area, I can attest it is fairly accurate. It has graphic parts to it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murder_...stopher_Newsom

"There is absolutely no proof of a hate crime," said John Gill, special counsel to Knox County District Atty. Randy Nichols. "We know from our investigation that the people charged in this case were friends with white people, socialized with white people, dated white people. So not only is there no evidence of any racial animus, there's evidence to the contrary."

Guess the line, "he can't be a racist he has black friends" ought to work now.