There are 4 article(s) tagged Jim Lammey:

• November 2019

  • Judge Jim Lammey reprimanded for social media posts

    Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Jim Lammey receives public reprimand for social media posts he reposted and shared on his Facebook page. 

    By Yolanda Jones November 18, 2019

• May 2019

  • Commission committee backs resolution to support censuring Judge Jim Lammey

    A resolution condemning Criminal Court Judge Jim Lammey's social media postings won committee support from county commissioners Wednesday. 

    By Omer Yusuf, Yolanda Jones May 08, 2019

  • Partial judges among us

    About 100 years ago, two murders in South Braintree, Massachusetts, captivated our nation and the world. Two Italian immigrants – Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti – were accused, convicted of the crimes and executed in a Massachusetts electric chair in 1927.

    By Bryce W. Ashby, Michael J. LaRosa May 07, 2019

  • Muslim organization calls for disciplinary review of Memphis judge’s comments

    The nation's largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Thursday called for a disciplinary review of a Memphis judge under fire for controversial social media postings.

    By Yolanda Jones May 02, 2019