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Opinion: DA Mulroy on criminal justice data and accountability

editor@dailymemphian.com (Steve Mulroy) — Thu, 9 Apr 2026 13:54:09 -0500

“Delays in handling cases, jail-intake processing delays, the “solve rate” for crimes, the repeat-offender rate — these are all worthy objects of emphasis ... . But they may not fit the right (so to speak) political agenda.”

Opinion: Memphis needs night court

editor@dailymemphian.com (Steve Mulroy) — Fri, 3 Oct 2025 17:03:40 -0500

“The current federal task force is expected to bring in more than 100 extra arrests every single day. Unless we prepare our local justice system to handle this sudden influx, the result could be chaos.”

Opinion: DA Steve Mulroy on 'spearheading collaborative efforts' on bail

editor@dailymemphian.com (Steve Mulroy) — Fri, 20 Dec 2024 04:00:05 -0600

“Rather than demonizing judges when they make a bad call, we need to provide judges with better information, so they can make better calls. And that’s what the DA’s office has done,” writes District Attorney General Steve Mulroy.

Opinion: DA Mulroy says we must work together to reduce crime

editor@dailymemphian.com (Steve Mulroy) — Fri, 9 Aug 2024 12:22:33 -0500

“While we all welcome the good news that crime has continued its downward turn for the third straight quarter, we cannot lose sight of the fact that the percentages reflect real people.”

It's time for a radical rethinking of police structure

Bryce@donatilaw.com (Bryce W. Ashby) — Sun, 7 Jun 2020 11:09:33 -0500

We offer three suggestions for concrete steps to reduce the disconnect between our police and our community.

Some public officials are trying explain away the recent referendum results

editor@dailymemphian.com (Steve Mulroy) — Wed, 12 Dec 2018 04:00:01 -0600

“Confirmation bias” refers to the tendency to only credit information which reinforces your own view.

Mulroy: There is bipartisan agreement on voting against all three referenda in the upcoming election

editor@dailymemphian.com (Steve Mulroy) — Tue, 30 Oct 2018 12:57:47 -0500

Have you noticed a recent public outcry to give politicians more time in office? Or to make people have to vote more frequently, or spend more on elections? How about an outcry against majority rule?