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Nashville’s DA has said he won’t prosecute abortion providers, but that might not make a difference in Tennessee

Marianna Bacallao

June 24, 2022

Nashville’s District Attorney Glenn Funk has previously stated that he won’t prosecute abortion providers in the city. Now, he’ll soon have to follow through on that promise.

Filed Under: Abortion Live Updates, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Abortion, criminal justice, DA, Glenn Funk

RaDonda Vaught sentencing has nurses nationwide on edge

Blake Farmer

May 12, 2022

On Friday morning, former Vanderbilt nurse RaDonda Vaught learns whether she will go to jail for a deadly medical error. And nurses from around the country plan to protest outside the courthouse.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Glenn Funk, RaDonda Vaught, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Davidson County DA candidate accuses incumbent of breaking campaign rules

Samantha Max

April 14, 2022

Early voting is underway for Nashville’s spring primary, and the race for top prosecutor is heating up. One candidate accused the incumbent district attorney of violating state campaign law on This Is Nashville Wednesday.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: davidson county district attorney, Glenn Funk, Hatch Act, This Is Nashville

As a former Vanderbilt nurse awaits sentencing for a medical error, her conviction sparks widespread worry

Blake Farmer

April 14, 2022

RaDonda Vaught
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The name RaDonda Vaught is now well-known by nurses nationwide. Her negligent homicide conviction for a medication error is weighing heavy on a weary profession.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Health Care, WPLN News Tagged With: Glenn Funk, nurses, nursing, RaDonda Vaught, Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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

A Nashville man will be removed from death row after years of legal back and forth

Samantha Max

November 9, 2021

A photograph shows Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman
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A criminal court judge has decided for a second time that Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman should spend the rest of his life behind bars but won’t face execution.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Abu-Ali Abdur'Rahman, death penalty, Glenn Funk, Monte Watkins

Epilogue: A Win For No One

Samantha Max

July 26, 2021

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In this episode, we’ll take you through the emotional day in court when former Officer Andrew Delke took a plea deal instead of going to trial.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Deadly Force, Race & Equity Tagged With: Andrew Delke, Daniel Hambrick, David Raybin, deadly force, Glenn Funk, Metro Nashville Police Department, Monte Watkins

A Courtroom Filled With Tears And Shouts, After Family Waited Three Years For A Trial That Never Came

Samantha Max

July 2, 2021

A heaviness hung over the courtroom. On one side, Andrew Delke sat sullenly, flanked by his defense team, relatives and supporters. On the other, Daniel Hambrick’s family and friends held one another and wiped away tears.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Andrew Delke, Daniel Hambrick, Glenn Funk, Monte Watkins

Judge Accepts Nashville Officer’s Voluntary Manslaughter Plea For 2018 Shooting, Leaving Daniel Hambrick’s Family ‘Disgusted’

WPLN Staff

July 2, 2021

A Nashville judge accepted Officer Andrew Delke’s guilty plea in court Friday morning, sentencing him to three years in jail for a fatal shooting in 2018. But the family of Daniel Hambrick, the man Delke killed, made it clear that they do not approve of the deal.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Andrew Delke, Daniel Hambrick, Glenn Funk

Critics Call Nashville Officer’s Plea Deal ‘A Slap On The Hand’

Tony Gonzalez, Paige PflegerandDamon Mitchell

July 2, 2021

photo of Daniel Hambrick memorial

A plea agreement that will allow a Nashville police officer to avoid a trial on a first-degree murder charge is drawing sharp criticisms.  “A slap on the hand,” reads a statement from the Tennessee State Conference of the NAACP.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Andrew Delke, Daniel Hambrick, Glenn Funk

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