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After a sheriff got a get-out-of-jail-free pass for raping a young girl, another long-time rapist is getting a partial pass.

John Ford has done it in many ways over the years but never quite so literal:

Jury selection in the federal corruption trial of former Tennessee state Sen. John Ford was delayed in Nashville this morning after Ford’s defense attorney was hospitalized over the weekend.

A Shelbyville man who is facing charges of criminal homicide, rape and aggravated kidnapping met his defense attorney for the first time Wednesday and has a court date set for next month. Donald Ray...

Via Newsbusters, comes more in the way of news on Jessica’s Law.

My post earlier today about the legislative future of Tennessee's Judicial Selection Commission prompted a reader to email with a series of good questions about the so-called "Tennessee Plan," under which a small group of lawyer special interest groups and politicians picks your state appellate judges and supreme co

Steve and I have had our differences, there's no doubt about that, but I believe he's worked through his original, if not somewhat misplaced, anger with me over an incident he ultimately discovered he'd erred in believing the wrong version of.

So, I can now openly say that former Hamilton County Sheriff Billy Long was as guilty as sin on those charges of extortion and drug trafficking, and all the rest, because he has entered such a plea on over two dozen federal counts.

The Tennessean web site recently posted a story concerning the Tennessee DA's conference's resistance to the extension of the legislative Committee currently studying the death penalty in Tennessee.

Here's an interesting story from Knoxville ("Sheriff releases info on suicide of Johnia Berry's accused killer"--Knoxville News Sentinel).