Weirich pushes back on criticism of 2020 Kelly plea deal
Former Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich (with Bill Gibbons, attending a Nov. 10, 2021 forum hosted by Memphis Chamber of Commerce and the Memphis and Shelby County Crime Commission on ways to reduce violent crime in the city) responded Friday to Gov. Bill Lee’s remark about “soft-on-crime plea deals.” (Patrick Lantrip/Daily Memphian)
Former Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich talked to The Daily Memphian about the 2020 plea deal for Ezekiel Kelly that Gov. Bill Lee called an example of “soft-on-crime plea deals.”
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