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Fatal Memphis drag racing case dismissed after 7 years of delays
 
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Shelby County Criminal Court Division 7 Judge Lee Coffee dismissed the case against Cordero Ragland, who slammed into Lisa Sloan’s SUV in 2017. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
 

Shelby County Criminal Court Division 7 Judge Lee Coffee dismissed the case against Cordero Ragland, who slammed into Lisa Sloan’s SUV in 2017. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)

Seven years after Lisa Sloan was left incapacitated after a drag racer crashed into her car and three years after she died from those injuries, her family found a small amount of peace in a courtroom.

 
 

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