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Posted by: Kate Prince on Sep 13, 2022

Senate Speaker Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, and House Speaker Cameron Sexton, R-Crossville, are assembling a special committee to study sentencing and violent crime following several instances of violent deaths in Memphis, the Nashville Post reports. The committee will review the “supervision, investigation, and release of individuals who commit crimes in this state” and “recommend whether there is a need for legislative action to provide additional safeguards to protect the public from those who repeatedly violate criminal laws.” The committee will include co-chairs Sen. Ed Jackson and Rep. Bud Hulsey, plus Sens. Richard Briggs, Todd Gardenhire, Bill Powers and Jeff Yarbro, and Reps. Clay Doggett, Andrew Farmer, William Lamberth, Lowell Russell and Antonio Parkinson.