TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Jan 11, 2022

Ex-Nashville police officer Andrew Delke waived the right to a parole hearing yesterday as part of a plea deal he was given for fatally shooting Daniel Hambrick in the back during a foot chase in 2018, the Associated Press reports. The agreement, reached after Delke pleaded guilty to manslaughter last July, stipulates that Delke cannot pursue parole. He received a three-year sentence, but attorneys on both sides say he will likely only serve a year and a half in jail with standard credits. Hambrick’s mother spoke at the meeting, calling the process unfair, secretive and racist. The Hambrick family maintains they were unaware of the plea deal until after it was done. Delke was about to face trial for a first-degree murder charge.