There are 30 article(s) tagged Shelby County District Attorney:

• May 2020

  • Coronavirus live blog, May 14: Testing scheduled next week at Memphis housing units

    State Rep. Barbara Cooper announced Thursday that free, voluntary testing for COVID-19 will begin next week in many of the city’s housing units in Memphis. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff May 18, 2020

• March 2020

  • More than 200 inmates released over COVID-19 concerns, DA says

    More than 200 inmates have been released from the county jail and several cases dismissed in an effort to reduce the jail population amid fears over COVID-19.

    By Yolanda Jones March 27, 2020

  • Ex-Collierville teacher convicted of trying to kill wife denied parole again

    Michael Halliburton, a former history and German teacher at Collierville High School who tried to kill his wife in 2012, has been denied parole for a second time. 

    By Yolanda Jones March 25, 2020

• February 2020

  • Behind the Headlines Podcast: Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich

    District Attorney General Weirich discusses why Shelby County has been facing an increase in highway shootings, as well as actions being taken to combat the issue, with host Eric Barnes and Bill Dries with the Daily Memphian.

    By Eric Barnes February 21, 2020

• July 2019

  • Changing times at 201 Poplar

    A smart inmate told me there are two types of criminals: those who embrace anti-social behavior, and those who struggle with it. With these changes in how we do our job – from arrest to sentence – we are better positioned to use our jail/prison/docket space on the former and find alternative solutions for the latter.

    By Amy Weirich July 02, 2019