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Nashville Police Officer Charged With Murder Agrees To Last-Minute Plea Deal Before Trial

By Samantha Max

July 1, 2021

The first Metro Nashville Police Department officer charged with murder for an on-duty killing will not stand trial.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Andrew Delke, Daniel Hambrick, David Raybin, davidson county district attorney, Glenn Funk, Metro Nashville Police Department

Shooting Video, Expert Witnesses At The Center Of Debate As Nashville Police Officer Heads Toward Murder Trial

By Samantha Max

June 15, 2021

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A series of pre-trial hearings about evidence could have a major impact on the July murder trial for Nashville Officer Andrew Delke.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Andrew Delke, Daniel Hambrick, David Raybin, Glenn Funk, Metro Nashville Police Department

Prosecution And Defense Spar Over Evidence Ahead Of Nashville Police Officer’s Murder Trial

By Samantha Max

June 15, 2021

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Lawyers for Officer Andrew Delke have focused on two issues that are likely to play a central role at trial: whether Delke had the right to shoot and a missing piece of surveillance footage.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Andrew Delke, Daniel Hambrick, David Raybin, Glenn Funk, Metro Nashville Police Department

Police Officer’s Attorney Asks Again To Move His Murder Trial Out of Nashville, Citing Summer Protests

By Samantha Max

January 25, 2021

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Andrew Delke’s attorney argues it would be too difficult to find 12 local jurors in Nashville without an opinion on the case, especially after Daniel Hambrick’s death became a rallying cry.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Andrew Delke, Daniel Hambrick, David Raybin, George Floyd, Glenn Funk, Monte Watkins

Nashville’s District Attorney Will No Longer Prosecute Minor Marijuana Cases

By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán

July 1, 2020

The Nashville District Attorney’s Office has announced it will no longer prosecute people for possession of less than half of an ounce of marijuana. District Attorney Glenn Funk said marijuana charges do “little to promote public health, and even less to promote public safety.”

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: Glenn Funk, John Cooper, marijuana

Tennessee Death Penalty Case Raises Questions About Who Has The Power To Stop An Execution

By Samantha Max

June 9, 2020

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An agreement that spared the life of a man on death row could transform the future of death penalty cases in Tennessee. Judges raised concerns about the settlement during a Court of Criminal Appeals hearing Tuesday morning.

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

Nashville Oversight Group Considering Its Own Investigation Into February In-Custody Death

By Samantha Max

May 14, 2020

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Nashville’s Community Oversight Board wants to investigate the death of a man who was arrested in February. The officers who arrested Gabriel Hines have been accused of using physical force. The Metro Nashville Police Department says an internal investigation cleared them of wrongdoing. But the city’s new police oversight group still has questions.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: community oversight board, davidson county district attorney, Davidson County Sheriff's Office, Glenn Funk, Metro Nashville Police Department, TBI

Nashville Judges Deny Request For Mass Release Of Inmates

By Sergio Martínez-BeltránandChas Sisk

April 9, 2020

Nashville judges have denied a request to release almost all non-violent offenders from the county’s jails.

Filed Under: Coronavirus Live Updates, WPLN News Tagged With: Davidson County jail, Glenn Funk, public defenders

Nashville Mayor John Cooper Announces Yet Another Pilot Test Of Body Cameras Before Full Rollout

By Samantha Max

December 10, 2019

Nashville is testing body cameras, marking its third round of field trials in as many years. Mayor John Cooper announced Tuesday morning that the police department will begin a slow rollout in March, starting with two dozen officers in traffic-related units, and then dole out 20 more cameras in May, for a three-month beta testing […]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: body cameras, David Briley, Glenn Funk, John Cooper, Megan Barry, Metro Nashville Police Department, MNPD

Activists Say They’re Tired Of Body Cameras Getting ‘Budget Cut’

By Samantha Max

December 3, 2019

Criminal justice reform advocates are proposing a new deadline for body cameras in Nashville. They want to see Metro Police officers wearing them by January. Outside the mayor’s office Tuesday night — and just before a Metro Council meeting — demonstrators urged local leaders to stop delaying the rollout, shouting “three years, three mayors, still […]

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: body cameras, budget, Glenn Funk, Jocques Clemmons, John Cooper, Metro Nashville Police Department, Nashville Metro Council

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