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The Knoxville mother, Chantae Armstrong, accused of the death of her 6-month-old boy appeared in court. She is on probation for criminally negligent homicide.

Former Knox County Sheriffs Office Assistant Chief Deputy David Henderson had been subpoenaed to appear in Knox County Criminal Court.

The judges ruled Joel Guy rarely visited his parents home and any protected status as a guest was extinguished the moment he attacked them.

Attorneys said Lees security level, based in part on two escape convictions, make him ineligible to be held in New Castles medium security prison.

In the memory, she is 8 years old, prettied up in barrettes and beads and new clothes, fly-girl fancy. She stands in the sunshine, preparing to step from a Knoxville sidewalk into a family friend’s car. Driver and passenger are about to road-trip from eastern Tennessee to South Florida. Jameerial Johnson, now 24, wonders still how her little girl self would have looked in her father’s adoring eyes on that day more than 15 years ago. “I just wanted him to see my hair. It was braided, with l...

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Cyntoia Brown helped bring attention to Tennessees 51-year mandatory minimum law that was the harshest in the country for juvenile defendants.

Cyntoia Brown helped bring attention to Tennessees 51-year mandatory minimum law that was the harshest in the country for juvenile defendants.

A life sentence when the offender is a minor is an unconstitutional violation of the Eighth Amendment, the Tennessee Supreme Court ruled Friday.

The Tennessee Supreme Court struck down a law that mandated juveniles convicted of first-degree murder serve at least 51 years before being eligible for parole Friday.