Website to provide information on judicial candidates
The Knoxville Bar Association will launch by January an online resource to help voters learn more about local judicial candidates.
View ArticleRandy McNally to seek new term, says 'things left undone'
NASHVILLE — Oak Ridge Republican Randy McNally, first elected to the state Senate in 1986, says he has decided to seek reelection to another four-year term believing “there are a number of things sort...
View ArticleQuest for TBI file on ex-judge Richard Baumgartner mired in federal court
More than three years since the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation launched a probe of a prominent Knox County judge, the News Sentinel’s quest for the investigative file remains in limbo.
View ArticleParents of Channon Christian seek changes in laws
Among those law changes is a move to keep defense attorneys from impugning the character of victims sans a hearing.
View ArticleLawyer Bruce Poston facing pills charges in alleged tryst
A Knoxville defense attorney whose courtroom victories earned him the nickname "Cut 'Em Loose, Bruce" was arrested Tuesday on charges he supplied prescription painkillers to a paramour.
View ArticleChild rapist pleads guilty on eve of trial
KNOXVILLE — A convicted child rapist who won a retrial pleaded guilty Tuesday.
View ArticleRandy McNally: Judiciary must be held accountable
During my 34 years in the Tennessee General Assembly, nothing has affected me more than seeing families who have lost loved ones due to heinous crimes, only to be victimized again by our court system....
View ArticleGeorgiana Vines: A big election year for Knox County judicial system
It’s a big election year for Knox County’s judicial system, which will have a very different face in September from 2006, when voters chose 18 judicial figures, mostly judges, to prosecute, defend and...
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