TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Apr 16, 2026

Justin Deshun Stiger, 33, of Memphis was convicted this week of making threats to murder two Memphis federal prosecutors and a Memphis federal judge after a jury trial in Memphis, according to the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee. The middle district office handled the case because the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Western District was recused given that two of its prosecutors were victims. Evidence presented at trial showed that Stiger — who was in court to be sentenced for participation in a drug trafficking conspiracy —pointed to prosecutors and said they were “going to die.” When then U.S. District Judge Mark Norris had Stiger removed from the courtroom, Stiger threatened him saying “You’re gonna die too, judge.” When Norris asked if Stiger was threatening him, Stiger responded: “It ain’t no threat. It’s a promise.” Stiger faces a maximum sentence of 10 years for each of the three counts of conviction. He is set to be sentenced on June 18.