Tag: Jason White
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My Story
by Kristina Cole, ©2023 May 19, 2023 My name is Kristina Cole and I am a 49-year-old black single mother of now three grown children. Seven years ago at 42 years of age, I was arrested and later convicted of two counts of Conspiracy – Unlawful Possession of Methamphetamine in a Drug Free Zone and…
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At Last Minute, “Carter” No Longer Jurist in Jason White Case
by Sharon Rondeau (Sep. 14, 2022) — The online docket record of Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White now reflects that the newly-elected criminal court judge in Shelby County will issue a ruling Thursday on White’s post-conviction hearing which took place over two months ago. Judge Robert “Bobby” Carter, Jr. had presided over those hearings as…
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Will Shelby County’s New DA Be Different Than the Old?
by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 25, 2022) — A group of Shelby County citizens have launched a petition asking newly-elected District Attorney General Steve Mulroy (D) to investigate “corruption, collusion and cover-up” pertaining to two criminal cases overseen by his predecessor, Amy Weirich. On August 4, Mulroy won election over Weirich, who served in the position…
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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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The “Hearing” that Wasn’t
by Sharon Rondeau (May 19, 2022) — On April 6, 2022, a post-conviction petition hearing in Shelby County, TN in the case of Jason Lamar White scheduled for the following day was “reset” to May 19, 2022, reportedly for the last time. In a last-minute twist, the hearing has been postponed and is now set…
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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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Tennessee Prisoner Rendition: Jason White
“A CAREFULLY PLANNED OPERATION” by Fergus Nolan, ©2019, blogging at MemphisTruth.org (May 26, 2019) — In April 2019, we wrote about Jason White, who was framed for a pound of meth by Bartlett detectives and ADA Chris Scruggs, recipient of our first Hammer Award for over-zealous prosecution. White was, until recently, serving 60 years at…