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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Mar 30, 2020

Shelby County District Attorney General Amy Weirich said her office is working to release some incarcerated at the county jail and has dismissed “hundreds” of cases of those recently charged in an effort to reduce the jail’s population and stem the spread of COVID-19. Weirich also said her office is working with defense attorneys to fast-track cases awaiting guilty pleas, the Memphis Flyer reports. A process that usually takes months has been reduced to days, she said. Finally, Weirich also said she is sending hundreds of letters to out-of-custody defendants telling them their case is being dismissed and they do not need to come back to court. “If you get a letter like this, it is not a joke,” she stated.