Convicted murderer Byron (Low Tax) Looper has filed a lawsuit from prison against Correctional Medical Services (CMS) and a host of personnel within the Tennessee Department of Corrections, seeking damages in the amount of $47 million.

Found guilty of shooting and killing State Senator Tommy Burks on his farm in Monterey, Tenn., in October 1998, Looper is currently serving a life sentence in Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex in Petros, Tennessee.

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