Michaela Carter was one of at least 75 people killed in domestic violence shootings in Nashville since 2007. Nearly 40% were shot by people who were legally barred from having a gun.
Doctors warned her pregnancy could kill her. Then Tennessee outlawed abortion.
A Tennessee mother wanted to end her high-risk pregnancy, but doctors feared prosecution.
Rutherford County detention center that illegally jailed kids will now answer to an oversight board
A juvenile detention center in Rutherford County, Tennessee, that for years illegally jailed children will now be overseen by a five-member board rather than the county’s juvenile court judge, a change designed to bring greater accountability to a long-troubled system.
Rutherford County juvenile judge is leaving. Will that change the system that illegally arrested and detained children?
WPLN’s Meribah Knight sat down with WPLN host Nina Cardona to explain what Judge Donna Scott Davenport’s departure means — and what it doesn’t — for the children of Rutherford County.
Judge Donna Scott Davenport announces retirement from Rutherford County’s juvenile court
Rutherford County’s embattled juvenile court judge will not seek reelection, a county spokesperson announced Tuesday.
TLDR: Here’s the viral thread examining Rutherford County’s juvenile justice system by WPLN News and ProPublica
As the investigation published, co-reporter Ken Armstrong shared some of the key findings on Twitter, where it grabbed the attention of journalists like Dan Rather, Nikole Hannah-Jones and Soledad O’Brien and other big names like George Takei, Bernice King and Gabrielle Union.
Data Shows Local Doctors Paid in Millions by Big Pharma
A new database shows how much money pharmaceutical companies admit to spending on doctors. But its information about two Nashville doctors proves how hard it can be to parse out just what drug companies are paying for.
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