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Did DA's Office Retaliate Against Prosecutor, When She Was Serving as Juror, for Voting to Acquit Defendant?

That's the issue in Hagan v. Funk, decided last Monday by Chief Judge William L. Campbell, Jr. (M.D. Tenn.); here… The post Did DA's Office Retaliate Against Prosecutor, When She Was Serving as Juror, for Voting to Acquit Defendant? appeared first on Reason.com.

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Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator

Tennessee is gearing up for an execution that experts say would likely mark the first time a man has been put to death with a working defibrillator in his chest

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Tennessee set to execute inmate without turning off his implanted defibrillator

Tennessee plans to execute Byron Black without deactivating his defibrillator, raising concerns about potential shocks during the lethal injection

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Texas man convicted of threatening to lynch Nashville DA

A Texas man associated with a neo-Nazi group has been convicted of posting threats to lynch and kill Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk

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Nashville district attorney secretly recorded defense lawyers and other office visitors, probe finds

A state investigation has found that Nashville’s district attorney secretly recorded defense attorneys, colleagues and other visitors without their knowledge

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Chris Young charges dropped after alleged Nashville bar altercation

Country star Chris Young speaks out after charges against him regarding a Nashville bar arrest were dropped. He expresses gratitude for the support and ann...

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Suspect previously released from jail accused of shooting college student in the head

Jillian Ludwig was struck by a bullet in Nashville when a gunman alledgedly began firing at a nearby car

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Nashville DA seeks change after suspect released from jail is accused of shooting college student

The Nashville district attorney is calling on the Tennessee legislature to make it easier to commit someone to a mental institution

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6 of 9 deputies charged in death of man beaten in Memphis jail plead not guilty

Six of nine deputies have pleaded not guilty to charges ranging from second-degree murder to aggravated assault in the beating and death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode in a Memphis jail last fall

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9 deputies charged in death of man beaten in Memphis jail, including 2 for second-degree murder

Recently released court documents show that two Memphis jail deputies have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on his back during a confrontation

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Sheriff says 9 deputies charged in death of man beaten in Memphis jail

A sheriff says nine Memphis jail deputies have been indicted in the death of a Black man who was having a psychotic episode and died in custody last fall after jailers punched, kicked and kneeled on his back during a confrontation

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Death row inmate challenges new Tennessee post-conviction law

A Tennessee death row inmate is challenging the newly expanded authority of the appointed state attorney general over some capital punishment proceedings

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Appeals Court weighs death row inmate's disability claims

Attorneys for Tennessee death row inmate Byron Black say he should not be executed because he is intellectually disabled

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Tennessee DA seeks death sentence commutation, AG against

Tennessee’s conservative attorney general and Nashville’s liberal district attorney are at odds over whether a death row inmate is intellectually disabled and consequently should not be executed

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If Roe falls, some DAs won't enforce anti-abortion laws

Progressive prosecutors around the U.S. are declaring they won’t enforce some of the most restrictive and punitive anti-abortion laws that GOP-led states have waited years to implement

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 21 (May 5, 2022)

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Democratic Edition

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Looking back at the results of Tuesday’s battleground primaries

Welcome to the Thursday, May 5, Brew.

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Funk defeats Myers, Nellis in Nashville District Attorney Democratic primary

Incumbent Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk defeated Sara Beth Myers and P. Danielle Nellis in the May 3 Democratic primary for that position. Funk received 43.4% of the vote, while Sara Beth Myers and P. Danielle Nellis received 40% and 16.6%, respectively. No Republicans filed to run in the…

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Three candidates are running in the May 3 Democratic primary for Nashville District Attorney

Three candidates are running in the May 3 Democratic primary for Davidson County District Attorney: incumbent Glenn Funk, Sara Beth Myers, and P. Danielle Nellis. Funk was elected to an eight-year term in 2014.

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Heart of the Primaries 2022, Democrats-Issue 18 (April 14, 2022)

Welcome to The Heart of the Primaries, Democratic Edition

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Nurse's homicide conviction: Flashpoint in Nashville DA race

The homicide conviction of a former Tennessee nurse for a medication error that killed a patient has become a flashpoint in the campaign for Nashville district attorney

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Judge dismisses death row inmate’s bid to be declared intellectually disabled

Nashville’s district attorney agrees with man’s legal team that client is intellectually disabled

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