George Thomas Sentenced To Life In Prison in The Deaths Of Channon Christian & Chris Newsom
George Thomas, a member of the Knoxville 5, has been sentenced to life in prsion with no chance of parole for his part in the brutal torture and slayings of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom:
The jury in the Thomas murder trial recommended a sentence of life in prison with no chance for parole for murders of Chris Newsom and Channon Christian.
Thomas was convicted of both the felony murder and premeditated murder of both victims.
The jury noted numerous aggravating circumstances for each of the murders but found they did not outweigh mitigating circumstances.
The *aggravating circumstances* which is noted has to do with the abuse Thomas suffered as a child. As usual, the defence tried to paint this creature as a victim. As if Christian and Newsom deserved to be raped, burned, slaughtered and thrown in trash cans because Thomas didn’t know who his daddy was. The jury didn’t fall for that nonsense and came up with the right verdict.
Although I would have preferred to see this piece of shit put to death, at least he’s going to jail and never coming out. Small condolences for the Newsom and Christian family, but at least they’ll know that the only way this useless waste of flesh will ever leave prison will be in a pine box.
The last defendant, Eric Boyd, will be in court May 10. I’m not sure why it’s taking so long to try him, but at least it will be the end of these extensive trials and the families of Channon Christian and Chris Newsom can start the healing process.
December 11th, 2009 at 8:23 pm
Mr. Mayor, I appreciate you following through with the coverage of this story. It fell off the radar long ago. Even though what really happened to those two did not match up with much of the early accounts in the press, no one should die in such a manner.
Thomas is truly an animal…soul-less. I am a true “anti death penalty” guy. My fondest wish for this cat is that he enjoys all of the joy that life in prison can afford…hopefully having it all wrapped up like Jeffrey Daumer did.
December 11th, 2009 at 8:26 pm
If there truly is any justice, he will get what’s coming to him when he’s in prison.
December 11th, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Yeah,sometimes the folks who run the prisons have a more finely tuned sense of justice than the members of the Justice Industry.
When those folks sent Jeffrey Dahmer to Hell, I cheered!