by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 11, 2024) — In late February, former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Earley Story received an unexpected envelope from Tony Carruthers, a Tennessee inmate relegated to death row after a conviction for allegedly murdering three Memphis residents in 1994. In September 2019, then-Tennessee Atty. Gen. Herbert H. Slatery filed a […]
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Will Earley Story Finally Get His Due?
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 6, 2024) — On Monday morning, former Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office deputy Earley Story went to court for the first time in regard to his bid to obtain the pension he would have received had he not been terminated from his position as a sheriff’s office sergeant following a false […]
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Jason White: “Corruption” in Judicial System Must be Addressed
by Sharon Rondeau (Dec. 5, 2023) — On August 10, 2023, a Writ of Error Coram Nobis filed in the Shelby County Criminal Court by Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White claiming new evidence in his 2017 drug-related conviction was denied a hearing by Division III Judge James Jones, Jr. According to USLegal.com, “Coram Nobis” signifies […]
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Jason White Appeal Denied, but “Corrections” Ordered to Court Documents
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 10, 2023) — On August 31, 2023, Shelby County, TN Criminal Court Division III Judge James Jones, Jr. denied a petition for Writ of Error Coram Nobis filed by Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White, who in 2017 was sentenced to 60 years in prison following convictions on drug-related charges. According to […]
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Life-Imprisoned Tennessee Inmate Submits “Newly Available Evidence” in Six-Year-Old Drug Conviction Case
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 12, 2023) — On June 26, Tennessee state inmate Jason Lamar White, who has been housed in New Mexico since 2019, filed a Writ of Error Coram Nobis with the Shelby County, TN Criminal Court, Division III, to report “newly available evidence” he claimed will demonstrate his innocence of the 2016 […]
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Former TN Inmate Shares Her Story, Future Plans
by Sharon Rondeau (May 5, 2023) — Since October 2017, The Post & Email has reported on a case involving three Tennessee defendants alleged to have engaged in a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine in a “drug free zone” in early 2016. Following indictment and trial in Shelby County in July 2017, all three were convicted, […]
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County Claims 25-Year Case Record “Destroyed,” Yet New Evidence Continues to Emerge
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 19, 2022) — The 1997 prosecution of Shelby County, TN Sheriff’s Office Sgt. Earley Story on a felony drug charge continues to yield documents Story has never seen, defying the prosecution’s contention that the case file was “destroyed” in 2005. Last month, Story was unexpectedly handed a document dated April 28, […]
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Tennessee Inmate Jason White Interviews with David Tulis
by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 13, 2022) — On Monday morning, NoogaRadio host David Tulis hosted Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White for a phone interview from prison lasting approximately 40 minutes. The interview begins at 5:27 here: https://www.facebook.com/noogaradio/videos/777515380186058/?app=fbl In 2017, White was convicted in the Shelby County Criminal Court without any definitive evidence connecting him to […]
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Jason White Hearing Concludes
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 13, 2022) — A long-awaited post-conviction petition hearing for Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White ended Monday after three days of proceedings in the Shelby County Criminal Court, Division III, Judge Robert “Bobby” Carter, Jr. presiding. Hearings began on July 5 after more than a half-dozen postponements dating back to August 27, […]
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Jason White Hearing to Continue Monday
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 10, 2022) — On Friday in Shelby County, TN, a post-conviction petition hearing convened for the second day for inmate Jason Lamar White, who is representing himself and attempting to make the case to Judge Robert “Bobby” Carter, Jr. that his attorney failed to provide effective assistance of counsel during his […]
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Two Days Before Hearing, Jason White again “Locked Down”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 3, 2022) — In early June, Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White was transported from New Mexico to the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) in Tiptonville, TN in anticipation of a post-conviction petition hearing in the Shelby County Criminal Court scheduled for July 5. In May 2019, the Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) […]
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“Extraordinary Appeal” Request Calls Out Judge for Delays, “Abuse of Discretion”
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 27, 2022) — On June 22, inmate Jason Lamar White submitted a 190-page Application to file an “Extraordinary Appeal” with the Court of Criminal Appeals at Jackson, TN in his ongoing efforts to argue the process responsible for his incarceration was flawed for several reasons. In the application, White presented two […]
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Conditions Improve for Inmate Awaiting Post-Conviction Hearing for More Than Two Years
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 15, 2022) — The Post & Email has confirmed that following our report on Saturday in the case of Tennessee Department of Correction (TDOC) inmate Jason Lamar White, White has been transferred out of the “iron-bar” cell to which he was confined after arriving in Tennessee for a court hearing next […]
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Jason White Returned to Tennessee
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 5, 2022) — Quite unexpectedly, Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White, who has been housed in New Mexico for the last three years, was late last week transported back to Tennessee, where a long-sought post-conviction petition hearing is scheduled to take place one month from today on July 5, 2022 in Shelby […]
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Jason White Hearing Rescheduled for May 19
by Sharon Rondeau (Apr. 7, 2022) — On Thursday Shelby County, TN Criminal Court Judge Robert “Bobby” Carter, Jr. again rescheduled a post-conviction petition hearing for inmate Jason Lamar White, this time for May 19, 2022. As The Post & Email reported Wednesday, the hearing was scheduled for April 7 following two previous postponements but […]
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Shelby County, TN: Will Multiple Delays End on April 7?
by Sharon Rondeau (Mar. 8, 2022) — Just days before a November 4, 2021 hearing on a post-conviction petition for Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White was to take place, Shelby County, TN Judge Robert Carter abruptly canceled it, along with White’s transfer order to attend, stating he would instead hold a hearing solely on White’s […]
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Will Jason White Finally Have his Day in Court…
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 26, 2021) — A 40-year-old Tennessee inmate serving a 60-year sentence for a crime to which another inmate confessed is attempting to exercise his due process rights at an upcoming hearing on November 4 in Shelby County, TN, although whether or not he will be able to argue his case in […]
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Shelby County, TN Drug Conviction Hearing Rescheduled, but Will it Happen?
by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 5, 2021) — Subpoenas were served to the district attorney’s office, a former local police detective and a number of other material witnesses to appear at an August 27 hearing for Jason Lamar White, a Tennessee convict transferred out-of-state two years ago representing himself in an ongoing appellate process for a 2017 […]
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Tennessee Sentences Man to Life in Prison in Bait-and-Switch Scheme
by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 4, 2021) — A 40-year-old Tennessee man serving a 60-year sentence for a crime to which another inmate confessed is attempting to exercise his due process rights at an upcoming hearing on August 27 in Shelby County, TN. Jason Lamar White, who has been housed in New Mexico since May 2019, […]
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For Fourth Time, Tennessee Supreme Court Refuses to Hear “Fraud upon the Court” Case
by Sharon Rondeau (Jun. 21, 2021) — “Evidently in Tennessee, a bank can allege and admit to a ‘mistake… the bank’s mistake‘ and yet hold the customer accountable, knowing it will cost the customer a million-dollar loss while the bank profits. This has now been approved by the TN Supreme Court who has just declined […]