Tennessee legislators celebrate Independence Day with 151 new laws set to take effect on July 1st
By Lee Davis Tennessee legislators have been busy these last few months compiling a seemingly never-ending stack of bills for Governor Bill Haslam's signature. This legislation will become law on July 1st. What are they? Well they cover a wide variety of concerns and some ...
by Lee Davis 151 New Tennessee Laws going into effect July 1, 2012. There are new laws going into effect in Tennessee in a few days that range from ...
Supreme Court Strikes Down Mandatory Life Sentences For Juveniles
By Jay Perry On Monday the Supreme Court issued a ruling on Miller v.Alabama , a case previous discussed here . The case involved two fourteen year ...
TN Court of Criminal Appeals Rejects Petition From Defendant With Life Sentence
State of Tennessee v. David Edward Niles The Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals recently rejected a petition from a man serving a life sentence for ...
Baumgartner’s Attorneys Get Three Months to Prepare
The Knoxville case involving disgraced former judge Richard Baumgartner moved forward last week with news that his defense attorneys, Don Bosch and ...