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Criminal Justice

Trousdale Turner Correctional Center inmate dies

By WPLN Staff

April 14, 2026

Another person has died inside Trousdale Turner Correctional Center.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: CoreCivic, Tennessee Department of Correction, Trousdale Turner Correctional Facility

Alleged white supremacist pleads guilty in fire at Tennessee center that trained civil rights icons

By Travis Loller, APandJonathan Mattise, AP

April 14, 2026

A man linked to white supremacist movements has pleaded guilty to setting a fire that destroyed part of a historic social justice center in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: civil rights, Highlander School, terrorism, white supremacy

Tennessee lawmakers pass fix to school threats law after kids were arrested for jokes and misunderstandings

By Paige PflegerandAliyya Swaby, ProPublica

April 10, 2026

Tennessee lawmakers passed legislation this week to fix the state’s controversial threats of mass violence law, which had resulted in children being charged with felonies over jokes and misunderstandings.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Education, WPLN News Tagged With: Bill Lee, ferrell haile, Raphah Institute, threats of mass violence, Williamson County Schools

Tennessee state police tested AI tech the state AG asserts violates your privacy

By Pierce Gentry|Justin Hicks

April 1, 2026

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Tennessee state police are exploring using facial recognition software. The state attorney general supports a lawsuit claiming the same technology illegally violates your privacy.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Artificial Intelligence, Jonathan Skrmetti, Metro Nashville Police Department, surveillance, Tennessee Highway Patrol

WPLN will deepen juvenile justice reporting through ProPublica collaboration

By WPLN Staff

March 31, 2026

In partnershp with ProPublica, WPLN’s senior criminal justice reporter Paige Pfleger will extend her reporting about Tennessee’s treatment of vulnerable children in state custody.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: journalism, ProPublica

A closely watched vote leaves domestic violence reform in the hands of Tennessee judges

By Paige Pfleger

March 11, 2026

A years-long fight over a reform to protect domestic violence victims in Tennessee has come to an inconclusive end.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: domestic violence, gun dispossession, gun violence

Man charged for 1996 kidnapping, murder of Bowling Green child

By Lisa Autry, WKU Public Media

March 1, 2026

Seven-year-old Morgan Violi was abducted from her Bowling Green home on July 24, 1996.

Morgan Violi was seven when she was abducted in Bowling Green and later found dead in Tennessee.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom, Bowling Green, Warren County

Prosecutor claims that delayed charges against Abrego Garcia were ‘extraordinary’ but justified

By Travis Loller, AP

February 26, 2026

A representative of the U.S. Attorney’s office testified in federal court on Thursday that the human smuggling case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia was justified while acknowledging that the charges coming two years after a traffic stop in question was “extraordinary.”

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, WPLN News Tagged With: deportations, Donald Trump, El Salvador, gangs, human smuggling, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Kilmar Abrego Garcia

As Trump touts Tennessee troopers, state officials face questions of racial profiling, dehumanizing treatment

By Marianna Bacallao

February 25, 2026

As Gov. Bill Lee has calls for more state troopers officials with the Tennessee Highway Patrol are facing questions of racial profiling and dehumanizing treatment of Nashville’s immigrant community during a dragnet immigration operation last May.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, Politics, WPLN News Tagged With: 287(g), Bill Lee, Donald Trump, Heidi Campbell, ICE, Immigration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, raid, Tennessee Highway Patrol

Nashvillager Podcast: When Nashville lost its innocence

By LaTonya Turner

February 25, 2026

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The mystery of a little girl’s murder 51 years ago still brings painful memories for many Nashvillians.  Plus, the local news for Feb. 25, 2026.

Filed Under: Criminal Justice, NashVillager Podcast, WPLN News Tagged With: crime

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