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Paul House is Free at Lastnew
Saying that the 22-year incarceration of Paul House was the result of an unfair trial, a federal judge this week ordered the state to release the man who DNA evidence and the U.S. Supreme Court say probably didn't do the crime.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
04-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Tennessee Republicans Link MLK to GOPnew
While the rest of the country was honoring King on the 40th anniversary of his assassination last week, the state GOP was trying to score a cheap political point by proclaiming that MLK was a Republican.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
04-11-2008 |
Commentary
Tenn. Bill Would Allow Transgendered to Revise Birth Certificatesnew
Since 1977, state law has prohibited sex-change recipients from retroactively revising the sex designation on their birth certificates to correspond with their new gender identity. It is the only state with such a law.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
03-28-2008 |
Sex
A Jailhouse Mysterynew
As Nashville attorney Gus Puryear wages the fight of his life for a federal judgeship, he's struggled to explain how his company handled the death of one of its female inmates.
Nashville Scene |
Matt Pulle |
03-28-2008 |
Politics
Evangelicals Get Worked Up Over Microchipsnew
After losing the usual fights against gays and abortion during the legislative session so far, Christian conservatives suddenly have decided to start standing up for privacy rights in an urgent, new movement to ensure that you will never be forced to have a microchip implanted under your skin.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
03-21-2008 |
Civil Liberties
Tags: civil liberties
Shan Foster: Mr. Big Shotnew
The Vanderbilt basketball star is having the kind of year even Disney couldn't script.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
03-21-2008 |
Sports
Tags: sports & fitness
A White Man's Dancenew
With Ted Kennedy on his back, Tennessee Middle District judicial candidate Gus Puryear is forced to defend his membership at the exclusive Belle Meade Country Club.
Nashville Scene |
Matt Pulle |
03-14-2008 |
Politics
Behind the Bars in Tennesseenew
Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe is at the center of human rights abuses at his facility -- but he doesn't see it that way.
Nashville Scene |
P.J. Tobia |
03-14-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Tennessee Keeps Exonerated Inmate Locked Upnew
Suffering from advanced multiple sclerosis, the 46-year-old Paul House remains on the state's death row nearly two years after the U.S. Supreme Court declared "no reasonable juror" would convict him given the evidence now available.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
03-11-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Gus Puryear: The Elephant in the Roomnew
At only 39, the GOP golden boy is a Bush judicial appointee, but congressional Democrats are targeting his inexperience and deep Republican ties.
Nashville Scene |
Matt Pulle |
03-11-2008 |
Politics
Runaway Trainnew
Alleged rapes, beatings and now a suicide attempt at a youth treatment facility in Tennessee.
Nashville Scene |
Elizabeth Ulrich |
02-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Death Row Lottonew
In Tennessee, who gets the death penalty is a grim game of chance.
Nashville Scene |
Sarah Kelley |
02-29-2008 |
Crime & Justice
Tags: crime & justice
Flower Girlnew
Caitlin Rose offers a taste of what's to come on her debut EP.
Nashville Scene |
Lee Stabert |
02-25-2008 |
Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Caitlin Rose, Dead Flowers
Baptism by Firenew
For a group so hell bent on the notion that they are doing all they can to address how the Southern Baptist Convention deals with clergy abuse, they certainly aren't doing much to get the word out about what changes are in the works.
Nashville Scene |
Elizabeth Ulrich |
02-25-2008 |
Religion
Tags: religion
Outlawing the Poornew
Nashville's new class war pits the down-and-out against up-and-comers and their powerful allies.
Nashville Scene |
Jeff Woods |
02-22-2008 |
Policy Issues
Tags: public policy issues
