by design | Oct 17, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
How long is a life sentence? By Jedidiah McKeehan “The Defendant is sentenced to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole.” [Gavel slams down] How many times have you heard something like that on a TV show or a movie? How long exactly is a life sentence,...
by design | Oct 10, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
Tennessee State Symbols By Jedidiah McKeehan If you grew up in Tennessee it is likely you learned about Tennessee’s state flag, flower, and state bird. How do we know these are official state symbols though? Are they written down somewhere? Tennessee Code Annotated...
by design | Oct 3, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
Are Lie Detector-Polygraph Tests Admissible? By Jedidiah McKeehan You have probably seen a movie or TV show where a person is sitting in a chair, strapped up to a bunch of wires and forced to answer a bunch of questions. After each answer given, the camera will pan to...
by design | Sep 26, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
You Should Be Wearing a GoPro at All Times By Jedidiah McKeehan Almost every single day I have conversations with people who will tell me some version of this story, “I received some court documents and the things that are in here did not happen. This person lied!” My...
by design | Sep 12, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
What does it mean to be sitting first chair at a trial? By Jedidiah McKeehan If you have ever watched a lawyer tv show or movie, at some point there was probably a court scene involving a lawyer sitting at a table during their trial. Sometimes the lawyer is sitting...
by design | Sep 6, 2022 | Columnist, McKeehan
Tennessee has a State Geographer? By Jedidiah McKeehan I am assuming there are not too many people who read the Tennessee Code Annotated (that’s the name for the collection of all Tennessee specific laws) for leisure. If you did, even if you are an attorney, you may...
