Watson apologized to the victim’s family and prison workers after the sentencing.
“My apologies. Please forgive me for everything I’ve ever done,” he said.
Johnson’s daughter said she was pleased with outcome and the family hoped to move on and heal.
Johnson worked for the state for 38 years...
Watson accepts plea deal, to serve life in prison without parole
Curtis Watson, accused of killing a prison administrator after escaping from the West Tennessee State Penitentiary in Henning, accepted a plea deal on Monday that will require him to serve life in prison without parole.
The plea...
Well, just noticed this at the bottom of the article:
"A Tennessee inmate accused of murdering a prison administrator will go before a judge Monday for a possible plea deal."
I am refreshing several places constantly. The hearing was scheduled for 2pm Central time.
Curtis Watson, an inmate at the West Tennessee State Penitentiary, waved his right to a jury trial Monday and pleaded guilty to murdering the prison administrator during his 2019 escape.
Watson pleaded guilty Monday to nine counts, including felony murder in perpetration of rape. He was...
The hearing is today at 2pm.
Tennessee convict charged in 2019 murder, rape of TDOC administrator expected to plead guilty
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) – Curtis Watson, the man charged with killing Tennessee Department of Correction Administrator Debra Johnson before escaping prison on a tractor in...
Hearing set on plea deal in Tennessee prison administrator's killing Lauderdale County District Attorney Mark Davidson told The Associated Press that a hearing has been scheduled for Monday in the case of Curtis Ray Watson.
Hearing set on plea deal in Curtis Watson case | localmemphis.com
I could not agree more.
I am personally for the DP, but that would give Inmate something to be in the law books for working on his appeal, and there are many outside groups against the DP that take interest in certain cases, and I wouldn't want him to get that attention. He would so love to...
FWIW My hubby worked in Admin of prisons for 44 years, and I worked in the one for the Criminally Insane for 3. Child molestors and child murders are highly protected because the State can be liable for any harm coming to them. So they are segregated. Your run of the mill inmates that get into...
Article on local news network site just now, mentions footprints being picked up:
http://www.wsmv.com/story/30988633/volunteers-not-giving-up-hope-in-search-for-2-year-old
WSMV-TV, Nashville ‏@WSMV 29m29 minutes ago
BREAKING NEWS - Woman hospitalized after possible ebola scare in Mt. Juliet.
This is very close to me, I live in Nashville.
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