Data shows number of departures from DA’s office
Most have resigned from their posts, but a handful have been terminated or transferred to other jobs.
Topic: Steve Mulroy
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September 2024
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August 2024
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Two alleged nightclub shooters, two vastly different bonds
The alleged Focuz Lounge shooter remains in jail on a $1 million bond. The Railgarten shooting suspect walked with no bond. These results highlight the lack of consistency among defendants during bond settings.
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Republican DA defends Steve Mulroy
The Republican district attorney general for Tennessee’s Crockett, Gibson and Haywood counties talks on “Behind The Headlines” about his defense of Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy, who is likely to face a Republican-led ouster attempt.
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June 2024
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State DA’s conference not taking position on Steve Mulroy ouster push
The Tennessee District Attorney General’s Conference is reserving an official opinion about the Republican-led ouster push against Shelby County DA Steve Mulroy, but at least one member of the body has come out against it.
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State Republican leadership wants to remove Mulroy from office
But Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy says the criticism by Speaker of the Tennessee House of Representatives Cameron Sexton and State Senator Brent Taylor is based on a misunderstanding.
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May 2024
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Steve Mulroy says city subpoena was ‘mix-up’
The City of Memphis subpoenaed all correspondence, documents and communication between Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy and attorneys for Tyre Nichols’ estate two weeks ago.
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April 2024
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Public safety data tough to track, especially when it comes to solving homicides
A lack of solid, shared data across the local public safety system’s multiple agencies has led to plenty of discrepancies, and the Memphis Police Department’s homicide clearance rate stands as a stark example.
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March 2024
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Tennessee Education Commissioner faces heat at town hall
Lizzette Reynolds, who discussed school vouchers, drew criticism. Other speakers included Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy, MPD Chief Cerelyn “C.J.” Davis and Mayor Paul Young.
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February 2024
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DA Mulroy talks bail bills, court backlogs and more
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy discussed new legislation, court backlogs and more during an episode of WKNO-TV’s “Behind the Headlines.”
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County Commission OKs raises for DA’s office, eliminating pay disparity
The DA’s office will now receive $991,178 for the remainder of the fiscal year 2024, which comes out of the general fund balance. Each following fiscal year, the DA’s office will receive $2.98 million.
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County Commission to tackle DA funding, extending solar farm moratorium
The commission may put off immediate funding for the prosecutors office until budget season. Meanwhile, commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. continues to threaten legal action against other commissioners — the second time in less than a week.
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October 2023
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As state leaders take aim at prosecutors, Mulroy isn’t worried
“There are things that my office is doing that I think the Cameron Sextons of the world would be pleased to hear,” Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy told The Daily Memphian in a recent interview.
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September 2023
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DA’s office promotes a veteran prosecutor to new first deputy role
The Shelby County District Attorney’s Office has promoted Chris Lareau to new first deputy. Steve Mulroy also discussed his first year in office.
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May 2023
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Mulroy: No other police officers will be charged in Tyre Nichols death
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said Tuesday that Preston Hemphill will likely not be charged in the death of Tyre Nichols.
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Nichols autopsy results indicate blunt force trauma, according to attorneys
The autopsy report has not yet been released to the public, but Nichols’ family was briefed on the results Wednesday by Shelby County District Attorney General Steve Mulroy.
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January 2023
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Community leaders, stakeholders to discuss solutions to juvenile crime
“It’s hard for me to go to the grocery store or a restaurant or church without somebody approaching me, expressing concern about juvenile crime,” said Bill Gibbons, president of the Crime Commission. “People are upset about it in this community.”
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October 2022
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Mulroy: Report of voters steered away from paper ballots ‘concerns us’
The new hybrid voting system allows hand-marked paper ballots or voting on a touch-screen machine. Mulroy expressed concern that the Shelby County Election Commission was not following through on its compromise to use both voting systems.
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Political Roundup: Emancipation Sunday urges voters to remove slavery from state constitution
Several churches rallied in support of a proposed amendment that would ban slavery in all forms in the state. A coalition of political groups is also urging voters to choose a hand-marked paper ballot.
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Mulroy says crime labs are ‘state responsibility’ with focus on rape kits
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy talks about the “horrific first week” of his term as the county’s chief prosecutor on “Behind The Headlines” and the two violent crime cases still reverberating a month later in criminal justice reform discussions.
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September 2022
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Shooting suspect charged with first-degree murder, more charges to come
Ezekiel Kelly was arrested late Wednesday after allegedly killing three and injuring three others in a day-long shooting spree, some of which was streamed to Facebook Live.
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Cleotha Abston defense counsel must continue to represent him, judge rules
The public defender assigned to the case had asked during a hearing Wednesday to be recused.
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August 2022
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Controversial Jamaican holiday, MSCS superintendent search top busy news week
A reporters’ roundtable recaps those events and more on “Behind The Headlines.”
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Transitions and certified vote totals fuel move to November ballot
The Daily Memphian’s “On The Record” podcast takes a closer look at the numbers in the certified vote totals from August, previews the nearly complete November ballot and features a few political notes.
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Mulroy begins recruitment process for DA’s office
Mulroy is looking to fill 12 vacancies in the District Attorney’s office as he expects some employees and prosecutors to leave, including a few resignations that had already been planned.
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New bail courtroom wins county funding in rare joint appearance by Weirich and Mulroy
The new court is expected to hold full hearings on bail requests; its creation was prompted by threats of a lawsuit over the way bail is handled in Shelby County and the success of a similar lawsuit in another jurisdiction.
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