Tag: Rape

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 […]

Former Lebanon High School Teacher Convicted Of Statutory Rape

Image Credit: Wilson County Sheriff’s Office & Google Earth The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – A former Lebanon High School teacher has finally been sentenced for crimes committed in 2015 and 2016. Michael R. Hargis was charged in 2021 and pleaded guilty in July of 2023 on charges of statutory rape by an authority […]

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 […]

Hamilton County Public Schools Are Not Safe

Image Credit: Hamilton County Schools / Facebook By Scarlen Valderaz [Special to The Tennessee Conservative] – Parents across Hamilton County send their children to public school with the expectation that their children will learn to read, write, and do math in a safe environment. It is shocking and infuriating to know that this is not […]