‘Who are these judicial commissioners’ reviewing arrests and setting bail?
Shelby County’s Lead Judicial Commissioner John Marshall heads the group of 14 commissioners whose primary function, according to him, is to review every arrest that comes into the Shelby County Criminal Justice Center at 201 Poplar Ave. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
The work of judicial commissioners has come under public scrutiny after a new Standing Bail Order took effect earlier this year, but “we feel we have a good bench of people with criminal law experience,” said Shelby County Lead Judicial Commissioner John Marshall.
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