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A Tennessee law giving the AG more power over death penalty cases has been ruled unconstitutional

Rose Gilbert

July 18, 2023

The ruling from Judge Paula Skahan in Memphis impacts courts across the state.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: Attorney General, death penalty, district attorneys, Tennessee Legislature

Davidson County DA candidates answer your questions on RaDonda Vaught, crime prevention, community engagement

This Is Nashville

April 13, 2022

Election Day for the 2022 Davidson County district attorney race is May 3. Catch up on this forum with the candidates before you vote.

Filed Under: Citizen Nashville, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: davidson county district attorney, district attorneys, Elections 2022

Sitting down with the Davidson County DA candidates

Rose Gilbert

April 13, 2022

Listen

This Is Nashville asks the three Davidson County district attorney candidates (incumbent Glenn Funk, Sara Beth Myers and P. Danielle Nellis) questions submitted by listeners.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: davidson county district attorney, district attorneys, Elections 2022

Nashville’s DA candidates all say they want criminal justice reform. But just how progressive are they?

Samantha Max

March 29, 2022

With the primary election just over one month away, the Democratic candidates for DA are all advertising themselves as progressive reformers. In many ways, their campaign platforms echo one another. But the candidates disagree on the details.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: district attorneys, Elections 2022, Glenn Funk

Nashville District Attorney Agrees To Review Conviction In 1998 Murder Case

Julieta Martinelli

February 8, 2019

  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.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: district attorneys, Joseph Webster

Investigation: After Pledging To Examine Innocence Claims, Nashville DA Has Yet To Open A Case

Julieta Martinelli

January 25, 2019

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.

Filed Under: WPLN News, WPLN News Investigates Tagged With: district attorneys, Joseph Webster

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