The State Of Tennessee Has Turned Down Requests For A New Trial For Two Women Convicted In A High Profile Case Known As The Facebook Murders. In 2015, A Jury Found Jenelle Potter And Her Mother, Barbara Potter, Guilty Of First Degree Murder In The Deaths Of Billy Payne And Jean Hayworth. On August 28th, The Women Requested New Trials, Arguing New Evidence In The Book Written By Lead Prosecutor Dennis Brooks Was Withheld From Them Before The Trial. The Ruling Said The Evidence In The Book Did Not Entitle Them To A New Trial.