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Hundreds Sit in Virginia Jails for Marijuana Crimes While the State Moves to Profit After Legalization

February 25, 2022

By Chelsea Higgs Wise

As the first state to legalize possession in the U.S. South, we should lead by example and put freedom and family reunification over cannabis capitalism. 

On The People’s Wish List: A District Attorney With a ‘Testimony’

February 22, 2022

By Center for Community Change

As voters prepare to elect Shelby County’s prosecutor, folks with pending criminal cases yearn for a little empathy when facing justice.

We need gun control that disarms the public and the police

February 20, 2018

By Thomas Kennedy

“I love this shit.” That’s what White County, Tenn. Sheriff Oddie Shoupe said after ordering one of his deputies to open fire on Michael Dial, a man who was attempting…

Cyntoia Brown case reveals entrenched problems with Tennessee juvenile justice

December 1, 2017

By Demetria Frank

State law makes it easier to throw Brown away than consider traumas youth face and offer them hope of rehabilitation

How Tennessee laws keep ex-offenders from getting good jobs

October 5, 2017

By Wendi C. Thomas

Employees with criminal records don’t make workplaces less safe, yet licensing restrictions bar them from dozens of careers

Attorney General Sessions brings tough-on-crime message to Memphis

May 23, 2017

By Micaela Watts

Appearance coincides with mayor’s, police director’s demands for more city police

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