The initial in-court process of securing justice for Tyre D. Nichols began Friday morning as each of the five former officers accused of second-degree murder – and more – stood before Shelby County Criminal Court Judge James Jones Jr....
“Sherra Wright has been transferred from Shelby County Jail East and is now in the custody of Tennessee Department of Corrections.”
That’s the message posted on the Shelby County Sheriff’s Office Twitter site on Friday.
Wright pled guilty on Thursday for...
by Kimberlee Kruesi --
NASHVILLE — A Tennessee trial court judge improperly reduced a Black inmate’s death sentence to life in prison last year, a state appeals court has ruled.
Abu-Ali Abdur’Rahman (AHB’-dur-RAK’-mahn) was scheduled to be executed in April, but...
Year after year, Lorenzen Wright’s mother and other family members have gathered on the plaza outside of the FedExForum to fan the flame of interest in the former pro-basketball players unsolved homicide in July 2010.
Technically, it was a cold...
Sherra Wright and Lorenzen Wright’s mother, Deborah Marion, stood a few feet apart in Criminal Court on Thursday and children is what kept the scenario from turning into a crime scene.
Wright pleaded guilty on Thursday morning to charges associated...
Quandarius Richardson was visible via a video screen set up for his arraignment as the General Sessions Court judge overseeing the proceeding broke with precedence Monday morning.
Richardson, 18, is one of three people charged with shooting to death Greater...
By ADRIAN SAINZ, Associated Press
A Tennessee inmate accused of killing a corrections administrator and escaping prison on a tractor has been indicted on charges including premeditated murder and rape.
The indictment obtained by The Associated Press on Tuesday charges Curtis...
By JUAN A. LOZANO Associated Press
JASPER, Texas (AP) — A technology company was almost ready to bring up to 300 new jobs to Jasper, Texas, but in the final stages of recent negotiations, a potential deal-breaker emerged: the community's...
Local attorney Erica Perry was nothing short of grateful after CNN analyst Angela Rye dedicated $5,000 of her speaking fee from the “I Am A MAN” commemoration event this past Saturday to the Black Love Bail Out project.
Rye’s move...
The federal government is still exploring the Emmett Till case according to a recent report which says the 60-plus-year-old cold case is still open and on the books.
—Amber Guyger murder trial: Listen to her frantic 911 call—
According to Yahoo,...