Tag: State Sen. Mike Bell

  • State Prison Inmate Asks:  “Do Our Lives Matter?”

    State Prison Inmate Asks: “Do Our Lives Matter?”

    “WE NEED NATIONAL ATTENTION” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 19, 2015) — On July 14, The Post & Email published an article from a Tennessee state prison inmate which described his observations of violence at the Northwest Correctional Complex (NWCX) located in Tiptonville, TN. According to the inmate, dangerous gangs dictate the daily operation of the…

  • Tenth Judicial District Seeks to Revoke Marvin Young’s Bond on Trumped-Up Reason

    Tenth Judicial District Seeks to Revoke Marvin Young’s Bond on Trumped-Up Reason

    “THEY’RE GOING TO LOCK ME UP IN JAIL” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 12, 2014) — On Saturday, a falsely-accused defendant in Monroe County, TN, Marvin William Young, was notified by mail that because a hearing on his request for a restraining order against Larry David Godwin did not result in his presentation of proper “evidence,”…

  • Can Tennessee Judges be Brought to Account?

    Can Tennessee Judges be Brought to Account?

    FITZPATRICK CASE FRAUGHT WITH LEGAL CHALLENGES PROCEEDS TO TRIAL by Sharon Rondeau (Oct. 16, 2012) —The “Monroe County Criminal Court” continues to prosecute a case against Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III despite various defects with the charging documents, indictment, and grand jury.  On October 3, 2012, Special Judge Walter C. Kurtz refused to grant motions filed…

  • Fitzpatrick Meets with Local Tennessee Lawmakers

    “HERE’S YOUR PROOF” by Sharon Rondeau (Jul. 28, 2012) — At a breakfast meeting held by State Representative John Forgety this morning, Walter Francis Fitzpatrick, III informed Forgety and others in attendance of the 1984 laws passed by the Tennessee General Assembly which had ordered the redistricting of the state’s trial courts. It was Fitzpatrick’s…