KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Lemaricus Davidson, one of five people convicted in the 2007 murders of Chris Newsom and Channon Christian, appeared in court Wednesday. Davidson was sentenced to death ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - It’s been 18 years since Channon Christian, 21, and Christopher Newsom, 23, were murdered in Knoxville after police said they were kidnapped after a carjacking.

Channon Christian, 21, and Chistopher Newsom, 23, were kidnapped in 2007 during a carjacking and later killed in Knoxville.

Gary Christian, Channon’s Father, was appalled by the fact Lemaricus Davidson is trying to get his sentenced reduced. “It’s just, it’s absolutely ridiculous,” he said.