County Commission approves $2.45M settlement in jail tracking glitch lawsuit
Josh Spickler of Just City (in file photo) was involved in bringing the case against the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office, including then-Sheriff Bill Oldham, as well as Shelby County government a month after the Odyssey case management system went online. (Daily Memphian file)
The federal class action lawsuit was filed in 2016, a month after a new computer system was installed by the county to track the movement of pre-trial detainees through the criminal justice system.
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