Bill Lee grants clemency to 16 people, one from Shelby County
“This announcement and these decisions are the result of a comprehensive and very deliberate process.” Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee said after granting clemency to 16 people and parole eligibility to 30 others. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian file)
The governor also made 30 people eligible for parole who were sentenced before a reformed Drug-Free School Zone law was passed in 2020.
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Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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