Retired Tennessee Supreme Court Justice to mediate Freeman civil suit
Janice M. Holder will mediate the civil wrongful death suit filed by the widow of Gershun Freeman. Holder was the first female chief justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court. Her portrait hangs at the Judge D’Army Bailey Courthouse. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The first woman to lead the state’s highest court will oversee negotiations between lawyers for Nicole Freeman and Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr., Chief Jailer Kirk Fields and Shelby County government.
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Tennessee Supreme Court Gershun Freeman Shelby County Jail Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner Jr. Janice M. HolderAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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