Just City lawsuit over state bail law now represents thousands of defendants
“This is a step toward returning Shelby County toward a constitutionally sound process of determining bail amounts,” Josh Spickler of Just City said. (Jim Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
A state law eliminating consideration of a defendant’s ability to pay when setting bail was challenged by a Memphis lawsuit. That lawsuit is now a class action.
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Just City Brent Taylor John Gillespie Josh SpicklerAarron Fleming
Once an intern, he never left, joining the staff full-time in 2022 as an education reporter. He moved to public safety in 2023, where he covered some of the city’s biggest court cases, including the criminal trials for those charged in the deaths of Tyré Nichols and rapper Young Dolph. He also chronicled the Shelby County Jail and the deaths that have occurred at the facility.
He now provides suburban coverage, focusing on DeSoto County and the surrounding municipalities.
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