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UPDATED Aug 8, 2026 at 12:00 AM ET
Aug 7, 2026 at 4:00 PM ET
Dockery sentenced to life without parole in murder case
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Jason Robert Dockery, convicted of murder and especially aggravated kidnapping, was sentenced to life without parole in Anderson County.
WHO: Jason Robert Dockery; jury; prosecutors; Anderson County Sheriff’s Office; Tennessee Highway Patrol; Tennessee Bureau of Investigation; Knox County Regional Forensic Center
WHAT: Sentenced to Life in Prison Without the Possibility of Parole for first-degree murder and especially aggravated kidnapping
WHEN: Aug 7, 2026 at 12:38 PM ET
WHERE: Anderson County Criminal Court, Clinton, Tennessee
WHY: Prosecutors argued aggravating factors based on Dockery’s extensive criminal history and evidence presented at trial
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