There are 16 article(s) tagged Pamela Moses:

• November 2022

  • Prior convictions, gerrymandering suppressing state’s minority vote

    One in five Black Tennesseans do not have the right to vote due to a prior felony conviction, according to a 2020 study.

    By Ben Wheeler November 07, 2022

• October 2022

  • Pamela Moses sues Weirich, Mulroy and state

    Memphis activist Pamela Moses is suing the state of Tennessee, former Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich and current Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy.

    By Alicia Davidson October 25, 2022

• August 2022

  • District Attorney-elect Steve Mulroy urges patience at swearing-in ceremony

    Mulroy, a Democrat, defeated incumbent Republican Dist. Atty. Gen. Amy Weirich in the Aug. 4 general election.

    By Julia Baker August 31, 2022

• June 2022

  • Special judicial panel to hear Pamela Moses’ petition to vote again

    The three-judge panel, selected by the Tennessee Supreme Court, will oversee Moses’ case to challenge the constitutionality of her permanent disenfranchisement due to a guilty plea to a felony charge in 2015.

    By Julia Baker June 30, 2022

• April 2022

  • Activist discusses dismissal of voting fraud case: DA ‘did the right thing’

    “I just feel like a weight has been lifted up off of me.” 

    By Julia Baker April 25, 2022

  • DA dismisses voting case against Pamela Moses

    In January, Moses was sentenced to six years in prison for illegally registering to vote in 2019. 

    By Julia Baker April 22, 2022

  • Political Roundup: DA’s race goes critical, August ballot shakeout

    The Democratic primary race for district attorney is about to turn from general calls for change to who can upset incumbent Republican Amy Weirich.

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    By Bill Dries April 12, 2022

• March 2022

  • Pamela Moses, attorneys call for voter fraud charges to be dropped

    Memphis Black Lives Matter activist Pamela Moses and her legal team called Friday, March 11, for charges against her over alleged voter fraud to be dismissed. 

    By Alicia Davidson March 11, 2022

  • Sanford: DA should drop politically charged case over fraudulent voting

    A local race that already had the makings of an intense battle has gotten more interesting. All because of our polar opposite political views on voting rights. Let’s continue that debate.

    By Otis Sanford March 03, 2022

• February 2022

  • Judge orders new trial for local activist

    A judge Friday ordered a new trial for activist Pamela Moses after she was convicted for illegally attempting to register to vote. A new trial date has not been set. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 25, 2022

  • Watch: Taylor and Turner differ on post-pandemic return to voting laws

    Election Commission Chairman Brent Taylor and Shelby County Commissioner Van Turner spoke on this week’s “Behind The Headlines.”

    By Bill Dries February 22, 2022

  • Local activist sentenced to six years for illegally registering to vote

    Pamela Moses, a Memphis activist, was sentenced to six years for illegally trying to vote. Her attorney says they plan to ask for a new trial. 

    By Yolanda Jones February 07, 2022

• September 2019

  • Candidates address MICAH session on inequality

    Hundreds of people and more than 30 city candidates on the Oct. 3 ballot attended a Memphis Interfaith Coalition for Action and Hope meeting Sunday at Mt. Vernon Baptist Church Westwood. 

    By Abigail Warren September 16, 2019

• August 2019

  • Moses denied place in race for Memphis mayor

    Pamela Moses represented herself in a Chancery Court hearing Thursday, Aug. 15, unsuccessfully seeking to stop the printing and mailing of Memphis election ballots that go to city absentee voters starting Monday. 

    By Bill Dries August 15, 2019

• May 2019

  • Wilson, Moses push mayoral campaigns at May Day rally

    Two contenders for Memphis mayor called for change in the city's leadership during a lunch hour rally outside City Hall that featured competition from a rain storm and an active shooter scare.

    By Bill Dries May 01, 2019

• April 2019

  • Black Lives Matter activist wins defamation suit against former Shelby County commissioner

    Black Lives Matter activist Pamela Moses has won a defamation lawsuit against former Shelby County Commissioner Terry Roland, but the $500 award for court costs and fees was far short of the $1 million the suit sought.

    By Yolanda Jones April 03, 2019