TBI file on ex-Knox County Judge Richard Baumgartner step closer to being...
A file both the News Sentinel and the families of two torture-slaying victims have been fighting to make public has been tucked away in a federal magistrate judge’s chambers for 10 months now —...
View ArticleAttorney for victims' families finds no humor in TBI file fiasco
What a joke. That is the reaction from the attorney for the families of two torture-slaying victims to news a file these survivors are fighting the state to see has been sitting — unsealed — in a...
View ArticleEditorial: Judge should unseal TBI file on Baumgartner
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation’s report of the probe that led to the downfall of former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner is part of the disgraced jurist’s federal case file...
View ArticleBattle to make public TBI file on ex-judge hits potential roadblock
Another roadblock looms in the path to make public the entire Tennessee Bureau of Investigation report on its probe of disgraced former Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner.
View ArticleLocal Voices: Janet Westbrook: Judge turned out to be a fraud
I watch many true crime shows. My husband used to say it was because as the victim of an injustice myself, I liked to see malefactors get their just desserts. True, but it is also that I keep trying to...
View ArticleJudge denies access to TBI file on Richard Baumgartner
KNOXVILLE — The still-secret portion of ex-Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner’s Tennessee Bureau of Investigation file isn’t relevant to public understanding of his case or any other...
View ArticleJudge: No need to unseal file on former judge Baumgartner
The public doesn’t need to know what else lies hidden in the still-secret portion of ex-Knox County Criminal Court Judge Richard Baumgartner’s Tennessee Bureau of Investigation file, a judge has ruled.
View ArticleKNS says judge's ruling on TBI file too broad
KNOXVILLE — A ruling rejecting a bid to unseal Tennessee Bureau of Investigation records on a disgraced former Knox County judge runs afoul of a state Supreme Court decision, a petition filed today...
View ArticleLetter: Baumgartner file needs airing out
The only obvious reason not to unseal the file would be to protect individuals from embarrassment or culpability.
View ArticleLocal Voices: T. Wayne Waters — Legal professionals bring shame on their field
What’s the difference between a catfish and a lawyer? One’s a slimy, scum-sucking, bottom-dwelling scavenger; the other is a fish.
View ArticleFormer Judge Baumgartner out of prison, back in Knox County
Former Judge Richard Baumgartner is out of federal prison and home in Knox County, serving a two-week in-home confinement period as he finishes his federal sentence.
View ArticleGeorgiana Vines: Prosecutor Leland Price kicking off campaign for judge
He is the first high-profile Democrat to announce for the May 6 primary
View ArticleWebsite 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.
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