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
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
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 WRITER

Minutes 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
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Bill 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
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...

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