Nashville DA Says He Won’t Enforce Abortion Law 9/24/2020

Posted on by Steve Hayslip

https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/nashville-da-says-he-won-t-enforce-abortion-law/article_0f18c19d-f36a-5efc-8852-66f15750d200.html

“With regard to reproductive issues, the criminal law must not be used by the State to exercise control over a woman’s body,” Funk writes. “As long as I am the elected District Attorney for the 20th Judicial District, I will not prosecute any woman who chooses to have a medical procedure to terminate a pregnancy or any medical doctor who performs this procedure at the request of their patient.

A Nashville Defense Attorney Takes Over the DA’s Conviction Review Unit 8/5/2020

Posted on by Steve Hayslip

https://www.nashvillescene.com/news/pithinthewind/a-nashville-defense-attorney-takes-over-the-da-s-conviction-review-unit/article_aff9cdc2-3c3a-5c40-8232-d88fe1b59539.html

Eaton says she sees District Attorney Glenn Funk as a part of the movement of progressive prosecutors who have come into office in recent years and have turned away from the old way of doing things. Funk has, for instance, worked with the public defender’

Gun owners who don’t secure their arms are doing society a disservice 2/19/2018

Posted on by Steve Hayslip

https://www.tennessean.com/story/opinion/2018/02/19/gun-owners-who-dont-secure-their-arms-doing-society-disservice/349567002/

To make Nashville a safer city, it will take more than law enforcement incarcerating criminals after violence occurs. It is just as important that citizens take proactive, common-sense steps to prevent violence from being committed.

Tags: Guns, ADA Jenny Charles