Tennessee Criminal Lawyers

Over the past five years, crime in the city of Memphis has dropped 25%. And while the city is excited about that, they aren’t the only ones paying attention. A group of individuals from the federal government were in Memphis this past week to take a look at what’s working and what the city might need help with to continue their success in crime prevention. [read more]

Over Thanksgiving weekend, the Memphis Police received 422 calls for domestic violence incidences. And as this article from the Commercial Appeal points out, that’s just the ones who actually called for help. The holidays are notorious for increased domestic violence incidences, though all signs point to this year being particularly bad. [read more]

A law that just passed the Tennessee legislature a few weeks ago is being criticized by the Memphis Mayor, among others, who is calling for repeal. The law simply calls for weapons seized by law enforcement to be sold rather than destroyed.

The law is being questioned after learning that in two recent and highly publicized fatal gun attacks in Las Vegas and Washington DC, the guns used were traced back to resale by the Memphis PD. [read more]