A Tariff man convicted of first degree murder did something at his sentencing hearing last week he never did during his six-day trial.

He spoke.

Alex Vincent Golosow told Roane Circuit Judge Tom Evans, and others in courtroom last Thursday morning, that pre-trial publicity made the verdict in his case certain.

"I feel I was convicted before I ever came to court," said Golosow, also known as "Tattoo Vince."

Golosow was found guilty in the slaying of Jud Reid, a man he once called his best friend.

"I want my friends and Jud Reid to know I am not guilty," Golosow said in the courtroom last week. "I don't feel I was given a fair trial."

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