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Posted by: Paul Burch on Dec 7, 2023

State Sen. Brent Taylor, R-Memphis, yesterday requested two state bodies launch investigations into the professional behavior of Shelby County District Attorney (DA) Steve Mulroy and Shelby County Criminal Court Judge Paula Skahan, reports the Commercial Appeal. Taylor asked the Board of Professional Responsibility and the Board of Judicial Conduct to look into two cases in which Skahan altered a162-year sentence for nonviolent offenses and changed a death penalty sentence to life in prison. Taylor told the paper that the judge and the DA had no authority to “collude to get a predetermined outcome to a hearing.”