There are 25 article(s) tagged Shelby County Juvenile Court:

• April 2024

  • Bonner: Sheriff’s Office will hand youth detention facility to Juvenile Court

    Bonner informed the County Commission of the change via an emailed letter Tuesday, April 16. 

    By Julia Baker April 16, 2024

  • Juvenile court magistrate judge censured

    A state board overseeing attorneys’ disciplinary proceedings has censured a Shelby County juvenile court magistrate judge for filing an ill-intentioned lawsuit. 

    By Aarron Fleming April 09, 2024

• March 2024

  • DA’s office: Car crimes made up 23% of juvenile charges in 2023

    Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy’s office presented the data to the Memphis City Council Public Safety Committee on Tuesday, March 19.

    By Julia Baker March 19, 2024

• January 2024

  • Burst pipes cause flooding at 201 Poplar, juvenile court

    Division 7 Judge Bill Anderson said there was about a foot of water at the front of his courtroom.

    By Aarron Fleming January 18, 2024

• November 2023

  • Juvenile Court reevaluating when and how it decides to detain youths

    Shelby County Juvenile Court is auditing its Detention Assessment Tool, which it uses to determine if youth accused of crimes will be kept in custody or sent home.

    By Aarron Fleming November 05, 2023

• August 2023

  • Juvenile court partnering with Whitehaven boarding school

    The court announced Wednesday, Aug. 2, that it’s partnering with a residential boarding school “designed to train young boys to excel in academics and athletics.”

    By Aarron Fleming August 02, 2023

• July 2023

  • The art of settling: Juvenile court begins delinquent settlement docket program

    The Shelby County Juvenile Court has introduced the “concept” of settlement to its delinquency dockets, the second phase of a program started in January. 

    By Aarron Fleming July 31, 2023

  • Slow grand jury proceedings ‘a travesty,’ says top public defender

    Leaders discuss ongoing juvenile court problems and grand jury delays during Thursday’s County Commission public safety meeting.

    By Aarron Fleming July 28, 2023

  • Juvenile Court to try splitting juvenile delinquency docket

    Starting next week, the Shelby County Juvenile Court is piloting the separation of its juvenile delinquency docket into two, one for cases that will be settled and the other for cases that will go to trial.

    By Julia Baker July 14, 2023

• March 2023

  • 15-year-old accused in Eason-Williams’ killing transferred to adult court

    A 15-year-old accused in the July killing of Rev. Autura Eason-Williams will be transferred to adult court while a second 16-year-old suspect will stay in juvenile court.

    By Julia Baker March 22, 2023

• December 2022

  • Transfer hearing set for juveniles accused in Autura Eason-Williams slaying

    Leadership changes in the DA’s office and juvenile court system have raised questions as to whether the motions to try the two defendants as adults would still be on the table. 

    By Julia Baker December 12, 2022

• August 2022

  • Just City report says more juvenile justice reform is needed

    Just City requested the help from Joshua Perry, former Executive Director of the Louisiana Center for Children’s Rights, to conduct research. The current district attorney and juvenile court judge both question the timing of the report, however.

    By Julia Baker August 01, 2022

• February 2022

  • Crime Crisis: Community prosecutors play key role in juvenile cases

    The conclusion of a two-part series on Shelby County’s Community Prosecutor Program looks at how assistant DAs and juvenile court liaisons work together on a case-by-case basis to affect the best outcome for youth, especially those arrested for non-violent offenses.

    Related story: Crime Crisis: Prosecutors’ ‘eyes opened’ after working in precincts

    By Don Wade February 01, 2022

• June 2021

  • Longtime media figure Leon Gray dead at 62

    Leon Gray, special assistant to Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael, died Friday, June 11. He worked in television and radio and was well known in the community.

    By Yolanda Jones June 11, 2021

• February 2020

  • The juvenile detention center needs to be replaced

    The question ultimately is not whether we can afford a new facility but whether we can afford not to have one.

    By Bill Powell February 15, 2020

• January 2020

  • Shelby County’s juvenile justice system limits our youth, our community

    The high rate of juveniles transferred to adult court in Shelby County is not due to differences in Shelby County youth. It’s due to differences in the operation of our juvenile justice system. 

    By Bill Powell January 15, 2020

• August 2019

  • County Mayor Harris receives ‘thank-you’ notes for free Juvenile Court phone calls

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris Thursday received thank-you notes from teens at Juvenile Court, where it has been about a year since the county eliminated the fee for juveniles to call home. 

    By Yolanda Jones August 29, 2019

• February 2019

  • Daily Briefs

    • LeMoyne-Owen cancels night classes because of power outage
    • Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge to hold state of court address
    • Memphis Blight Elimination Steering Team releases Top 10 code violators

    By The Daily Memphian Staff February 20, 2019

• January 2019

  • Shelby County officials hire data expert to examine inequality issues at juvenile court

    Shelby County Mayor Lee Harris and Juvenile Court Judge Dan Michael agreed to hire one of the nation's leading juvenile justice statistician to dissect data at the court and find issues involving minority children.

    By Yolanda Jones January 23, 2019

  • Shelby County Juvenile Court changes defense procedure after DOJ report

    Shelby County Juvenile Court staff members will no longer select defense attorneys for juvenile detainees, Mayor Lee Harris’ office announced Tuesday.

    By Omer Yusuf January 08, 2019

• December 2018

  • Shelby County creates initiatives to reform criminal justice system

    The Shelby County Commission will hold a comprehensive discussion on Juvenile Court at its next committee meeting in January. 

    By Omer Yusuf December 28, 2018

  • DOJ report says Shelby County Juvenile Court still has problems

    After six years of monitoring Shelby County Juvenile Court, a recently released U.S. Department of Justice report states that oversight at the court should have not ended because the agency is “deeply flawed,” enabling a “culture of intimidation” undermining due process for African-American children in the system.

    By Yolanda Jones December 12, 2018

  • Sheriff’s Office hires consultant for juvenile detention center

    The Shelby County Sheriff’s Office has hired a former U.S. Department of Justice monitor as a consultant to help ensure the detention center at Shelby County Juvenile Court stays on track even though the facility is no longer under federal oversight, said Sheriff Floyd Bonner.

    By Yolanda Jones December 11, 2018

  • Teen charged in Trenary homicide to be released from custody

    Rinisha Wright, the 16-year-old girl charged in connection with the death of former Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary, will be released from custody, but details surrounding her situation are unknown because a hearing Tuesday at Shelby County Juvenile Court was closed to the public.

    By Yolanda Jones December 11, 2018

• November 2018

  • Trenary hearing closed due to security in other juvenile case, court says

    Rinisha Wright, the 16-year-old girl charged along with two others in connection with the slaying of Greater Memphis Chamber CEO Phil Trenary, was back in court Tuesday but the media and others were barred from entering the courtroom as a security measure on another case, Shelby County Juvenile Court officials said.

    By Yolanda Jones November 27, 2018