Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Special Judge Don Ash has added 45 more years in prison to the death sentence of former Oak Ridge resident Sean Shannon Finnegan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Sean Finnegan, the man convicted in Jennifer Paxton’s gruesome murder in late 2019, was sentenced to ...

The 12-member jury that convicted Sean Shannon Finnegan of first-degree murder, aggravated rape and aggravated kidnapping returned to Anderson County Criminal Court on Tuesday morning to begin the ...

Witness testimonies are over and a jury is deciding whether to convict 56-year-old Sean Shannon Finnegan of Oak Ridge with first-degree murder, aggravated rape and a host of other crimes in the ...

CLINTON, Tennessee — Sean Finnegan was in court Thursday for the first time since he was convicted in August. The convicted killer sat emotionless with his attorneys as the court deliberated his ...

The Anderson County District Attorney General's office has rested its case against Sean Finnegan this afternoon. Finnegan has waived his right to testify. His attorneys will present one witness Friday ...

ANDERSON COUNTY, Tenn. — Update (8/25): Sean Finnegan, a death row inmate convicted in 2024 of murdering a Knoxville woman, pleaded guilty in Anderson County Court on Monday to two charges of child ...

CLINTON, Tenn. — An Anderson County jury has convicted Sean Finnegan in a capital murder case a week after the trial started. Finnegan was found guilty of first-degree felony murder in the death of 35 ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — Sean Finnegan, the man convicted in Jennifer Paxton’s gruesome murder in late 2019, was sentenced to an additional 45 years on Feb. 28. Finnegan was convicted on 11 counts in ...

Death-row inmate Sean Shannon Finnegan faces trial for aggravated rape of a child and especially aggravated sexual exploitation of a minor. Finnegan was previously convicted of the 2019 murder of ...

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — Update (8/21): An Anderson County jury reached a verdict Wednesday and sentenced Sean Finnegan to death in the 2019 murder of Jennifer Paxton. Finnegan was sentenced to die by ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) — A trial that could result in the death penalty is underway in Anderson County. Sean Finnegan’s trial began on Tuesday. Finnegan is facing charges of first-degree murder, ...