Lawmakers advance legislation limiting defendants’ right to bail
Tennessee State Rep. John Gillespie, R-Memphis, is one of the sponsors of a bill to prohibit judges from considering a defendant’s ability to pay. It advanced through the House Criminal Justice Subcommittee on Tuesday. (Ian Round/The Daily Memphian file)
State lawmakers advanced two bills limiting criminal defendants’ right to bail on Tuesday, Feb. 13, amid objections that the legislation would cause more people to be detained before trial because of their inability to pay.
Ian Round
Ian Round is The Daily Memphian’s state government reporter based in Nashville. He came to Tennessee from Maryland, where he reported on local politics for Baltimore Brew. He earned a master’s degree in journalism from the University of Maryland in December 2019.
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