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Cost Factor in Tennessee

By Steve Hall

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"Dotson murder trial cost nearing $450K; believed to be city's most expensive," is the title of Lawrence Buser's report in the Memphis Commercial Appeal. Justice does not come cheaply, especially when the defendant is accused of being the worst mass murderer in the city's history. Jessie Dotson, a previously convicted killer, was found guilty earlier this month of shooting to death his brother and three other adults, stabbing to death two small children and nearly killing three others. A jury imported from Nashville convicted the 35-year-old Dotson on all counts and wasted no time in giving him six death penalties. The trial is believed to be the most expensive in Memphis history. To date, the cost to taxpayers stands at nearly $450,000...continue to full post

Full post as published by StandDown Texas Project on November 02, 2010 (boomark / email).

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