Man convicted of 2000 murder could be exonerated after another man is arrested for the crime
Metro police arrested a man for a murder on Tuesday morning that another man has already served time for.
and last updated 2021-05-26 10:18:48-04
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) â Metro police arrested a man for a murder on Tuesday morning that another man has already served time for.
But this time, police say they finally have the guy who did it.
Just before 11 am, SWAT officers and detectives arrested 51 year old Calvin Atchison at a home in the Bellshire neighborhood for the 2000 murder of Velma Tharpe. A known sex worker,
Man Arrested and Charged for 2000 Killing After DA Disavows Previous Conviction Calvin Atchison is now charged for a crime that Paul Garrett already served prison time for Tweet Share
When Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk earlier this month disavowed the conviction of a man named Paul Garrett for the 2000 murder of a Nashville sex worker, they didn t just say that police and prosecutors 20 years ago got the wrong guy. A report from the office s Conviction Review Unit also made clear that at least some police officers and prosecutors have believed for some time that they knew who Velma Tharpe s real killer was.
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Popular hip-hop artist Saweetie, whose new single “Fast (Motion)” is quickly gaining traction at rhythmic radio, will make a daytime television appearance this coming week.
According to ABC, Saweetie will appear as an interview guest on the May 18 “GMA3: What You Need To Know.”
That day’s episode of the “Good Morning America” spin-off series will also feature Raja Krishnamoorthi and Tamika D. Mallory.
Complete “GMA3” listings, all of which are subject to change, follow:
Monday, May 17 Author Stacey Abrams (“While Justice Sleeps”); author and motivational speaker Chris Ruden (“The Upper Hand”)
2700 Walnut Street Tran Wills has earned every bit of her entrepreneurial and activist cred over the past decade or two, starting with running the FabricLab in the mid-2000s, when she was nineteen and pregnant, and then expanding to a string of fashion-related gigs, galleries and curated shops. In 2013 she struck gold with her chic, non-toxic nail salon Base Coat, which has since grown across the nation, including several locations inside Nordstrom stores. In a sweet and maybe ironic way, Wills has now been able to reclaim elements of her former creative enterprises by opening Matriarch Mercantile in RiNo, a woman-centric boutique with a gallery devoted to the female and nonbinary muralists of Babe Walls. What goes around comes around, and we are all the luckier for it.