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.
Two Fatal Police Shootings In Nashville, Two Grieving Mothers
Listen / Hours after new surveillance footage was released showing Officer Andrew Delke shooting Daniel Hambrick in the back, Hambrick’s mother spoke out.
Tennessee Puts Billy Ray Irick To Death, In State’s First Execution In Nearly A Decade
Listen / Billy Ray Irick was pronounced dead Thursday night, 20 minutes after receiving a three-drug cocktail. Witnesses say there were no obvious signs that Irick suffered pain before dying. Irick’s execution was the state of Tennessee’s first in nearly a decade.
In Wake Of Police Shooting Video, Criticism Of Nashville’s Mayor And Police Chief
Nashville Mayor David Briley’s response to the shooting of Daniel Hambrick and Wednesday’s release of videos that show him fleeing police drew criticisms from several groups, including those who are pushing for a ballot measure to create a community oversight board that would review such incidents. Some Metro council members and community organizers are also […]
Governor Bill Haslam Grants Clemency To Four Tenneseans, Says More To Come
Governor Bill Haslam granted pardons and a sentence commutation to four Tennesseans on Thursday, offering clemency for only the second time since he took office in 2011.
As Worker Deaths At Nashville Construction Sites Grow, Workers Gather To Honor Those They Lost
It’s been a year since Fausto Flores, a local construction worker, fell to his death while building an upscale condo complex downtown. He was cutting a wooden handrail on the fourth floor when he slipped. Flores wasn’t wearing a harness. Workers and advocates gathered last night outside that building to remember him — and more […]
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