By David in TN
Tue, Aug 6, 2019 12:24 a.m.
Torture slaying suspect George Thomas gets a sentencing break to testify against Eric Boyd - from Knoxville News Sentinel
Torture slaying suspect George Thomas gets a sentencing break to testify against Eric Boyd
Torture slaying suspect George Thomas has agreed to break his testimonial silence in return for a deal that will chop 76 years off his prison term, a prosecutor revealed Monday.
Check out this story on knoxnews.com: https://www.knoxnews.com/story/news/2019/08/05/eric-boyd-trial-george-thomas-plea-deal-knoxville-torture-channon-christian-christopher-newsom/1926885001/
This deal didn't really change the situation that much.We'll see if the jury believes Thomas.
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Here (https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/Opening-statements-begin-in-trial-of-Eric-Boyd-523002471.html) is the account of today's testimony from Knoxville's CBS affiliate.
Eric Boyd's cousin, Adrienne Mathis, in a previous trial had testified to loaning Boyd the vehicle used in the kidnapping of Christian and Newsom.
Prosecutors sought to introduce Mathis' previous testimony after she said over and over "I don't recall" as to whether she loaned Boyd the car. Judge Bob McGee denied the prosecution's request.
Mathis didn't directly contradict earlier testimony, except to claim she was "coached. It's probable she was "coached" for today's appearance.
Earlier, Xavier Jenkins, an employee at the nearby Waste Connections, again testified to seeing the car with a reed stripe that Boyd supposedly borrowed. Jenkins testified to seeing four black males in the car. If so, one of them had to be Boyd, placing him at the scene.
Jenkins held firm under cross examination, as he had in the Thomas retrial in 2013.
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