Eliza Fletcher

Tennessee House Speaker Pushes Amendment To State Constitution Regarding Bail

House Speaker Cameron Sexton Is Pushing An Amendment To The Tennessee Constitution That Would Prohibit Bail For Certain Violent Crimes But Critics Say Judges Already Have That Discretion. Image: Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton Image Credit: John Partipilo Continuing a tough-on-crime mantra, House Speaker Cameron Sexton is sponsoring an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution that […]

TBI Reports Continued Delays In Rape Kit Testing

Lengthy testing delays can defer justice for crime victims and pose risks for public safety. Image Credit: rapecrisis.com By Anita Wadhwani [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – More than year after the murder of a Memphis kindergarten teacher brought renewed public attention to the state’s lengthy delays in testing sexual assault evidence, average turnaround times for lab […]

Judge Refuses Venue Change In Cleotha Henderson Rape Case

Image Credit: Tennessee Department of Corrections & Luca Sartoni / CC The Tennessee Conservative Staff – A Shelby County judge decided that a man accused of rape and murder will stand trial for those charges in a Shelby County court. Judge Lee Coffee is presiding over the case in which Cleotha Henderson is accused of […]