There are 3 article(s) tagged Marcus Donald:

• July 2025

  • Where do wrongful death lawsuits against the jail stand?

    Multiple lawsuits have been filed in recent years over inmate deaths at the Shelby County Jail. Here is where some of them stand. 

    By Aarron Fleming July 31, 2025

• November 2023

  • Man accused of killing cellmate in jail pleads guilty

    Stephen Robinson, who was charged with killing Marcus Donald, 38, in November 2022, also pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in another killing. 

    By Aarron Fleming November 21, 2023

• October 2023

  • Activists, family speak out against deaths in Shelby County Jail

    “Tomorrow will mark the one year anniversary of Gershun Freeman’s death, but tomorrow also will mark new change in the city of Memphis,” said Kareem Ali, an investigator with civil rights attorney Ben Crump’s law firm.

    By Julia Baker October 05, 2023