There are 32 article(s) tagged Shelby County District Attorney:
The Shelby County district attorney general said she believed in free speech, but “free speech does not give anyone the right to steal my flags and burn them on my property or to harass and intimidate my husband, children and neighbors.”
Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich's office is launching a restorative justice initiative called the Community Justice Program.
State Rep. Barbara Cooper announced Thursday that free, voluntary testing for COVID-19 will begin next week in many of the city’s housing units in Memphis.
More than 200 inmates have been released from the county jail and several cases dismissed in an effort to reduce the jail population amid fears over COVID-19.
Michael Halliburton, a former history and German teacher at Collierville High School who tried to kill his wife in 2012, has been denied parole for a second time.
District Attorney General Weirich discusses why Shelby County has been facing an increase in highway shootings, as well as actions being taken to combat the issue, with host Eric Barnes and Bill Dries with the Daily Memphian.
A smart inmate told me there are two types of criminals: those who embrace anti-social behavior, and those who struggle with it. With these changes in how we do our job – from arrest to sentence – we are better positioned to use our jail/prison/docket space on the former and find alternative solutions for the latter.
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