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A Dickson woman was convicted of first-degree murder in the 2017 death of her husband in the first trial at the new Dickson County Justice Center and the county’s first trial amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
Deirdre Rich, 56, was convicted of first degree murder in the shotgun shooting death of husband Kevin Rich, 47, in Dickson County Circuit Court.
On March 20, 2017, county sheriff’s office deputies arrived that night to a home on Log Wall Road in Dickson in reference to a shooting. When deputies arrived, they discovered Kevin Rich lying on the floor with a gunshot wound and a shotgun was found on the floor near his feet, according to authorities.
But as Tennessee attorney
Daniel A. Horwitz, who specializes in First Amendment litigation noted, the specific conduct the TBI arrested Garton for is simply “not a crime.”
“The First Amendment clearly and unmistakably protects this man’s right to post an offensive photo about a police officer,” Horwitz told Law&Crime. “The only people who broke the law here were the police officers and TBI agents who participated in this flagrantly unconstitutional arrest.”
“This is the photo that our constitutionally illiterate law enforcement officers think is a crime to share,” Horwitz tweeted, attaching a screenshot of the picture that resulted in Garton’s arrest.