June 28, 2009
Series of poor choices end in tragedy
After days of testimony and deliberations, jurors in the Tahliek Taliaferro death case said they eventually came to see the tragic shootings as a sudden...
A look inside the Taliaferro jury
Media coverage and outrage over controversial verdicts in the shooting death of popular Powhatan High School student Tahliek Taliaferro may have influenced...
June 07, 2009
Taliaferro honored at Powhatan graduation
If Tahliek Taliaferro were alive, he would have walked across the stage at Powhatan High School yesterday to receive his diploma. He would have been 19...
Verdict
“The brutality and senselessness defy understanding,“ we said of Tahliek Taliaferro’s killing last year. So, to many, did the verdict...
June 06, 2009
Williams: No peace without dialogue
Sign-toting protesters marched in circles, sporadically chanting “No justice, no peace!“ as state troopers and sheriff’s deputies blocked...
June 05, 2009
Parrish cousins get maximum terms in Powhatan slaying
The shooting death of a high school football star and the life-altering wounding of his friend will send cousins Ethan Parrish and Joseph L. Parrish Jr....
Dramatic conclusion to Parrish courtroom saga
By WESLEY P. HESTER TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITERMinutes into the proceedings, Jean Taliaferro emerged from the courtroom, overcome. She stumbled down the brick walkway and collapsed into the arms of...
June 04, 2009
VIDEO: Police outnumber protesters at sentencing hearing
ByBill McKelway reports as the sentencing hearing for Joseph and Ethan Parrish gets underway in Powhatan.
NAACP leaders want murder convictions in Powhatan case
State and local NAACP leaders want a Powhatan County judge to set aside involuntary-manslaughter verdicts today in Tahliek Taliaferro’s slaying and...
June 03, 2009
Attorney: Set aside Joey Parrish’s guilty verdicts
A Powhatan County judge will be asked tomorrow to set aside guilty verdicts of involuntary manslaughter and assault against the younger of two men convicted...

• Williams: No peace without dialogue
• Parrish cousins get maximum terms in Powhatan slaying
• VIDEO: Police outnumber protesters at sentencing hearing
• VIDEO: Mike's Take: Powhatan needs more from leaders
• Williams: Taliaferro verdict isn’t justice

TRIAL TESTIMONY:
• Stephanie Reynolds: At Sheetz before the shooting
• Stephanie Reynolds: "They both were ready to settle this fight"
• Ethan Parrish: "All six shots were fired as fast as the gun could shoot them"

