There are 5 article(s) tagged John Marshall:

• October 2025

  • Tennessee Highway Patrol driving increase in arrests

    As the Memphis Safe Task Force ramps up its presence, local elected leaders are focusing on a lawsuit challenging the state about sending National Guard troops to the city.

    By Bill Dries October 22, 2025

• July 2024

  • Criminal history has always been considered in setting bail, official says

    A new state law making public safety the priority in setting bail will have a far greater impact than Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy’s plan to provide criminal records, which has been done “for decades,” lead judicial commissioner John Marshall says.

    By Julia Baker July 20, 2024

• September 2023

  • Re-arrests down after new standing bail order, report shows

    The report was in response to two resolutions passed by county commissioners, both of which asked for data centered around the bail order.

    By Aarron Fleming September 19, 2023

  • ‘Who are these judicial commissioners’ reviewing arrests and setting bail?

    The work of judicial commissioners has come under public scrutiny after a new Standing Bail Order took effect earlier this year, but “we feel we have a good bench of people with criminal law experience,” said Shelby County Lead Judicial Commissioner John Marshall.

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    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 18, 2023

  • ‘It’s all about a balance:’ Lead Judicial Commissioner on affordable bail, public criticism

    In the second part in a two-part interview with The Daily Memphian, Shelby County’s Lead Judicial Commissioner John Marshall discusses the controversy surrounding affordable bail. 

    By The Daily Memphian Staff September 13, 2023