Listen / Viewers of the State of the Union address last week may have taken note as President Trump spoke about one particular guest in the gallery: Matthew Charles. Charles was the first person released under the newly signed First Step Act. The bipartisan reform bill was signed into law by President Trump in December. […]
Nashville District Attorney Agrees To Review Conviction In 1998 Murder Case
Listen / The Davidson County District Attorney General’s office announced Friday that it will officially open a new investigation to review the case of a Nashville man who claims he’s been wrongfully incarcerated for more than a decade.
Tennesseans Matthew Charles, Alice Marie Johnson Are Trump’s State Of The Union Guests
Two Tennesseans released from prison in the past year because of steps taken by the Trump administration will be guests of the president for tonight’s State of the Union address.
Investigation: After Pledging To Examine Innocence Claims, Nashville DA Has Yet To Open A Case
Listen / The Nashville District Attorney’s office has a special unit with a lofty goal: to re-open old cases, figure out if someone was wrongfully convicted, and get innocent people out of prison. But a WPLN investigation has found that two years into its creation, the Conviction Review Unit has yet to re-open a case.
Matthew Charles, Nashville Man Who Gained National Attention, Is Released From Prison Again
undefined Listen / One of the first prisoners to be released under a new criminal justice reform law is Matthew Charles, a Tennessee man first profiled by WPLN in December 2017.
On Air - 90.3 WPLN-FM