(MURFREESBORO) A Murfreesboro man will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole for aggravated rape of a child. He’s the first person in Rutherford County to face the tougher penalty under an amended Tennessee State law. A Rutherford County jury only took 15-minutes to return a guilty verdict after the three-day trail of 26-year-old Brian Jeffrey Burke, Jr.
Rutherford County Circuit Court Judge James A. Turner sentenced Burke, Jr. to a mandat ...