KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - Senior Knox County Judge Don Ash has denied several requests from Lemaricus Davidson, one of five people convicted in the murders of 21-year-old Channon Christian and 23-year-old Christopher Newsom.

Davidson faces the death penalty in the 18-year-old case that has since become one of the most notorious criminal events to happen in Knoxville. In June, he appeared in court seeking a lesser sentence, the latest in a series of attempts from Davidson and his legal team to undo previous court decisions.

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Friday, Judge Ash returned four orders denying Davidson’s requests. The first ask was to disqualify the attorney general’s office from representing the state. The judge

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