Under the following scenario, who is more likely to be looked at in disapproving fashion by a judge or jury: a well-seasoned adult with a long string of criminal convictions who is now facing charges relating to a stolen car or a hasn't-shaved-yet teen offender with...
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A tale of restraint: unproblematic or troublesome?
"A shadow is falling" over Americans, says one law professor who recently penned an article chronicling his frustration and fear in the wake of a news report he found particularly unsettling. The genesis of his concern was this: people were searched. That happens...
The often-alleged crime spike: Does evidence support the claim?
FBI-authored data point to Tennessee as being a state that has a comparatively outsized problem when it comes to incidents linked with violent crime, at least in one recent year. Does that mean in and of itself that Tennessee has deep-seated and significant concerns...
Topic focus: commercial truckers and gun offenses
Imagine the confusion and consternation of a commercial trucker who drives routinely across Tennessee with a loaded gun inside his or her rig and never encounters a problem with law enforcers, yet can suffer legal peril for that same act once a new state is entered....
She made her point: court official’s notable bond decision
"I changed the 1 to a 4 and added a whole bunch of zeroes." Indeed, that is exactly what Claudia Brown did in effecting a bond decision regarding a prisoner that was centrally made to establish a point. Brown's point: Bond amounts imposed on individuals awaiting trial...
Defenseless in the face of sexual misconduct accusations
Instead of going to a job interview, you went to the campus security office for an interrogation. Instead of preparing for an internship, you prepared a defense statement. Instead of feeling excited about your future, you are now dreading it. Facing accusations of...
Spotlight on discretionary aspect of criminal sentencing
It has long been a maxim of criminal law in Tennessee and nationally that sentencing outcomes should not universally be the same for adult and juvenile offenders, respectively, when they have both committed a closely similar crime. Although that principle is not...
Football, a few beers and … the aftermath of a DUI conviction
If you're an avid football fan (in Tennessee, hardly a select club), chances are you're not quite ready to cave in on the current NFL season, which has one game yet to go. That is, of course, the Super Bowl, marked this upcoming Sunday by parties and celebrations...
Spotlight clearly on presidential commutation power last week
Like many other states, Tennessee is unfriendly terrain to individuals who are arrested and criminally charged on drug-related offenses. A high percentage of state and federal inmates are serving notably lengthy prison terms for crimes involving drugs One particular...
Court case raises questions regarding agency informants
Lots of people in Tennessee and across the country pursue income-enhancing opportunities to supplement the money they receive from their primary employers. In fact, many millions of Americans have second jobs. Although that pedestrian fact normally doesn't raise an...

