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

Nashville Bar Recognizes Davidson County DA Office for Diversity 5/4/2015

Posted on by Steve Hayslip

https://fox17.com/news/local/nashville-bar-recognizes-davidson-county-da-office-for-diversity

spokesperson Dorinda Carter said 11 black and Latino prosecutors and key staff have been hired at the Davidson County District Attorney’s office since District Attorney Glenn Funk took office. The Nashville Bar Association has given the Davidson County DA

Tags: Diversity

Commercial Appeal reports Nashville District Attorney appointed special prosecutor

Posted on by Steve Hayslip

Nashville District Attorney General Glenn Funk has been appointed special prosecutor in the 2021 shooting death of Alvin Motley Jr., in Memphis, Tenn.

Motley was shot and killed on Aug. 7 at the Kroger Fuel Center, 6600 Poplar Ave., near the East Memphis and Germantown line. Prominent national civil rights attorney Ben Crump is representing the Motley family.

Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich declared that her office was recusing itself from the case because of an employee’s possible connection to the shooting.

https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/news/crime/2021/08/16/alvin-motley-shooting-nashville-district-attorney-glenn-funk-appointed-case-gregory-livingston/8148916002/

Tennessee woman is exonerated after 27 years in prison

Posted on by Steve Hayslip

After 27 years in prison, and more than 30 years after her ordeal began, Joyce Watkins was exonerated for a crime that she and her late boyfriend did not commit.

Watkins and the late Charlie Dunn were convicted in 1988 for the rape and murder of a 4 year old girl. A review of the case by the Conviction Review Unit in the Office of the District Attorney for Nashville and the Tennessee Innocence Project found faulty testimony from the then state medical examiner.

Their review led to the exoneration of both Ms. Watkins and Mr. Dunn.

https://afro.com/black-tennessee-woman-is-exonerated-after-27-years-in-prison/