Veteran Criminal Court judge to retire
Judge Paula Skahan graduated from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk’s Office announced Friday, April 25, Judge Paula Skahan will retire in June.
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Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan public safetyAarron 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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