State Attorney General Skrmetti on guns, crime and controversial laws
Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti reflected on his first year in an interview last week after speaking to the Memphis Rotary Club. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian)
In Jonathan Skrmetti’s first year as Tennessee Attorney General, his office has enforced loosened gun laws, advocated for a state law that takes power away from local prosecutors in death penalty review cases and defended many controversial state laws.
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Julia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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