Tag: post-conviction petition
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Tennessee Defendants Continue their Quests for Exoneration
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 10, 2024) — Last August, a Writ of Error Coram Nobis filed by Tennessee inmate Jason L. White in his own defense was denied by Shelby County, TN Criminal Court judge James Jones, Jr. In 2017, White, already a state prisoner from an unrelated conviction years before and completing his 21-year…
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Post-Conviction Hearing to Continue Friday
by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 7, 2022) — As rescheduled for a final time on May 20 after numerous delays, Tennessee inmate Jason Lamar White appeared in the Shelby County Criminal Court on Tuesday for a post-conviction petition hearing awaited for more than two years. Encompassing the city of Memphis, Shelby County comprises the state’s 30th…
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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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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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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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Todd Sweet Demands Transcripts from Attorney of Record pb
“WHAT GLORY DOES GOD GET IF WE GET OUR WINS EASILY?” by Todd Joseph Sweet, ©2013 (Apr. 15, 2013) — [Editor’s Note: The following article was received by The Post & Email on April 15, 2013 and relates to Todd Sweet’s post-conviction petition filed with the Monroe County, TN court last June. The Post &…
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Post-Conviction, Part 7
JUDGE CARROLL ROSS REFUSES TO RECUSE HIMSELF…BUT WHY? by Todd Joseph Sweet, ©2013 (Mar. 18, 2013) — [Editor’s Note: The following is a continuation of Tennessee inmate Todd J. Sweet’s post-conviction petition experience with the Monroe County, TN Criminal Court. Judge Carroll L. Ross has refused to recuse himself from Sweet’s case in defiance of…
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Post Conviction – Part 1, Preamble
TENNESSEE INMATE READY TO TELL ALL RE: TENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CORRUPTION by Todd Joseph Sweet, ©2012 (Oct. 14, 2012) — Editor’s Note: The following letter was received on October 13, 2012 from Tennessee state inmate Todd Joseph Sweet. The text reads as follows (typographical errors have been left intact): To: Sharon Rondeau Re: Upcoming article…
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Let’s Keep It Real in Monroe County
“I HAVE THE SMOKING GUN” by T. Joseph Sweet, ©2012 (Sep. 29, 2012) — The following article was received earlier today from Tennessee state inmate Todd Joseph Sweet, who has a hearing scheduled in February following his submission of a post-conviction petition to the court at the end of June. Sweet pleaded “not guilty” to…
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The State Investigating the State?
AGENCIES WHICH TURNED A BLIND EYE NOW “INVESTIGATING” THOSE THEY HAVE PROTECTED by T. Joseph Sweet, ©2012 (Sep. 8, 2012) — [Editor’s Note: The following article was written by Tennessee state inmate Todd Joseph Sweet regarding the August 27, 2012 report at The Chattanooga Times Free Press that the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI), Tennessee…
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Todd Sweet Awaits Decision on Post-Conviction Petitions
FROM MONROE COUNTY COURT CLERK by Sharon Rondeau (Aug. 26, 2012) — Todd Sweet, who was forced to play a part in a confession provided by another Monroe County jail inmate several years ago, submitted two post-conviction petitions to “Monroe County Criminal Court Clerk” Martha M. Cook on June 29, 2012. The petitions cite the…