Mayor Jim Strickland doubles down on ‘broken’ criminal justice system on WKNO
“If you shoot at somebody, you ought to serve 8, 9, 10 years,” Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland said on “Behind the Headlines.” “Now if they die, it should be more.” (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian file)
Memphis Mayor Jim Strickland talks about coming to the end of his 8-year tenure as mayor in the first part of a two-part interview on “Behind The Headlines.”
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