Opinion: Bail reform is a disaster, needs to be reversed
Lead Judicial Commissioner John Marshall presides over bail hearing proceedings in February. (The Daily Memphian files)
Leigh Ann Roman
A Kentucky native, Leigh Ann Roman makes her home in Memphis where she works as a communications professional. She is a former newspaper reporter who has worked on the staffs of The Tennessean and the Memphis Business Journal.
“The DA and our county commissioners need to stand up for the law-abiding people of Memphis and do whatever it takes to reverse this disastrous bail-reform policy.”
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