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| -Lurid Crime Tales- |
| 'Tennessee teenagers charged with shooting 15-year-old in the head are released without bond after Democrat DA overhauled the bail system in Memphis |
| 2023-11-29 |
Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulloy, a Democrat, passed a new bail system in 2022 where people received hearings with counsel within 72 hours of arrest. Mulloy said the changes were meant to reform a system that was 'harder on the poor, it's harder on minorities.' 'This is an attempt to fix that,' he told Local Memphis. 'Under the old system, a judicial commissioner would make an off the top of their head determination about bail, and it was often unaffordable, and then people would languish behind the bars.' According to Fox 13, both White's attorney and the DA's office still recommended a $75,000 bond but Judge Bill Anderson recommended White be released on his own recognizance. Shelby County District Attorney's Office said in a statement that 'the judge made the ROR (released on recognizance) decision.' Senator Marsha Blackburn, a Republican, lashed out at the decision on X. 'After fatally shooting a 15-year-old in the head, the Memphis man responsible for his death has been released from custody,' she wrote. 'He wasn't even required to pay bond.' Criminals belong behind bars. NOT out on the streets. Anderson - who supervises the judicial commissioners who set bail - has staunchly defended the new system in the past. 'Everybody has the right to bail,' he told Action News 5 in August. 'You cannot lock people up and throw away the key, you just can't.' 'As much as the public may want to, we can't do that. We don't have the space. We don't have the people available to monitor that, and it's unconstitutional.' White's next hearing is scheduled for December 5. Related: Memphis: 2023-11-15 Video shows moment mob of FORTY people loot FedEx truck while it's stopped at red light in Memphis Memphis: 2023-11-14 Tennessee officials rescue 13 missing children at risk of being trafficked: 'America's ugly secret' Memphis: 2023-10-15 Man caught with over 160 stolen guns at Applebee's |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #3 In an attempted save money they hope the kids skip town and eventually get arrested for another crime(s) and do time elsewhere |
| Posted by: Airandee 2023-11-29 12:01 |
| #2 How much you want to bet that if it was his kid that got murdered, he'd recommend the max for these feral youts. |
| Posted by: Warthog 2023-11-29 10:04 |
| #1 If you are not going to give justice, someone else will. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2023-11-29 10:03 |