More lawsuits against private prison profiteer CoreCivic. Meanwhile TN feeds the beast with its new truth in sentencing laws. More death will come. tennessean.com/story/news/loc…

Today Nashville Community Bail Fund paid a $1 bail to free someone from jail. $1 is better than $100, but both are nonsense. Money bail doesn’t get people back to court—it only keeps people who can’t pay it in jail.

Moderating a panel this Friday on sentencing & post-conviction at Belmont Criminal Law Journal's symposium on rural/urban divides & the impact of place on criminal justice- terrific panelists Judge Justin Angel, @judgeturnertn, Ryan Davis, & #AbbyTaylor -- register at form.jotform.com/230605907202144

I wonder if Cameron Sexton has figured out these high school students will be voters when he runs for governor in 2026?

Sexton is playing politics, trying to bolster his right wing creds for what is likely to be his 2026 gubernatorial run. In the process, he's lying.

“I can’t remember the last time the attorney rate got higher, but can you imagine living in Nashville making the same thing you were making 30 years ago?” Sheila Calloway Dawn Deaner Ryan Davis @6thAMD Tennessean @PeckTNCourts Tennessee Courts TN Attorney General bit.ly/courtappointed…

Well done Nashville Banner youtu.be/zdsriUX01vs?fe…

I’m the wife of an active duty service member who has deployed to Iraq and risked his life for this country. There is nothing disrespectful about Jones declining to lead the pledge, and my family supports his First Amendment right not to be compelled to do so.

Voters: Do not ever vote for a candidate for judge who says he doesn’t think judges have to be neutral and unbiased. That’s literally the opposite of what the job requires. mainstreetmediatn.com/articles/galla…

Hateful politicians quoting scripture on Sundays is one of my least favorite things.

If one day I am found to have been wrong, I want to have erred on the side of choosing love and compassion over hate and protectionism.

#voteveile

Happened to watch an appointed attorney on the felony jail docket conduct a 3 minute preliminary hearing cross examination on a B felony carrying 8-30 years in prison. Indigent defense is broken in Nashville unless you get an actual public defender w resources. hbo max fka

God has answered your prayer.

Good morning to all of the advocates for criminal justice reform.

Former Vice President Dick Cheney: “In our nation’s 246-year history, there has never been an individual who is a greater threat to our republic than Donald Trump."

I reviewed Kamala Harris’s tax returns from 2004 to 2023. 929 pages. Here is all you need to know:

Lawyers: if you've lost contact with your client, there is absolutely no reason to tell the court that unless you are specifically asked. No reason to saddle your client with a bench warrant when you might have just gotten a continuance.