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The three former Memphis police officers convicted in the 2023 death of Tyré Nichols will be getting a new trial in federal court. But it could look different this time around.
State Sen. Brent Taylor has filed numerous ethics complaints against Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy, alleging misconduct by the DA since his 2022 election.
The 16-year-old has been charged with attempted second-degree murder. His mother has been charged with being an accessory after the fact.
This is at least the second stabbing at the jail this year.
A teen was shot on Beale Street late Monday night amid the city’s 901 Day celebrations.
One of the three former officers charged in the death of Tyré Nichols wants out of custody after he was granted a new trial.
On Tuesday, The Daily Memphian obtained an MPD report that gives more details on the shooting that ultimately led to U.S. District Judge Mark Norris’ recusal. A 14-year-old is charged in that shooting.
A new study says the problems at the Shelby County Jail are less about the building and more about facility management.
Ricky Floyd, senior pastor of Pursuit of God Church, was killed early that morning outside Momma’s bar south of Downtown Memphis in the early morning of March 12.
A chain of events that eventually led to the three men being granted a new trial centers on comments allegedly made by the judge who formerly presided over the case as well as the carjacking and attempted murder of one of that judge’s former law clerks.
Judge Sheryl Lipman also granted a motion from The Daily Memphian to unseal records in the case, which included the reason Mark Norris recused himself.
Gov. Bill Lee has appointed two replacements for vacant Shelby County Circuit Court and Criminal Court seats.
DeAndre Brown and his wife Vinessa Brown allegedly misappropriated more than $600,000 in public funds, a comptroller’s investigation found. The office also identified more than $750,000 in “questionable charges.”Related content:
A new jail may address some issues that currently plague 201 Poplar. But Shelby County Sheriff Floyd Bonner admits it won’t fix everything.
State Sen. Brent Taylor and state Rep. John Gillespie say they have heard about instances of felony crimes being reclassified as misdemeanors. They say an audit is “critical to maintaining transparency, accountability, and the public’s trust in our justice system.”
Former acting U.S. Attorney Reagan Fondren is serving the public in a new way and from a new office.
A jury acquitted Hernandez Govan, 45, of charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder Thursday.
Hernandez Govan was acquitted of being behind the 2021 death of Young Dolph.
Here’s what both the defense and the prosecution said in closing statements before the jury left to deliberate Wednesday afternoon.
Prosecutors rested their case Wednesday morning, Aug. 20, in the trial for the man accused of planning Young Dolph’s death in 2021.
Hernandez Govan faces life in prison on charges of first-degree murder and conspiracy to commit first-degree murder. Man accused of masterminding Young Dolph slaying is set for trialRelated story:
Jurors will decide the fate of Hernandez Govan, the man accused of organizing Young Dolph’s 2021 murder.
Prosecutors used cellphone data to attempt to tie the man accused of organizing the Memphis rapper’s 2021 murder to the crime. But his lawyer said the evidence proved something else.
The long-time girlfriend of the self-confessed shooter of the Memphis rapper took the stand for the first time and jurors also heard from two investigators.
The first day of trial for the man accused of organizing the Memphis rapper’s murder ended with the testimony from a key witness: one of the self-confessed shooters.