TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jul 12, 2021

Davidson County District Attorney Glenn Funk received strong support from Black voters when he was elected in 2014, but a high profile plea deal with former Nashville police officer Andrew Delke could put that support in jeopardy, Tennessee Lookout reports. Delke agreed to a three-year sentence for wrongly shooting Daniel Hambrick in the back. Funk said the deal was appropriate given the complicated facts of the case. But the Hambrick family disagrees and has made public its anger at Funk. Protestors, many of whom have gathered at Funk’s house since the plea deal, also are calling for him to be voted out of office. A story from the paper looks at who might challenge Funk and what Nashville insiders are saying about his chances.