TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Kate Prince on Dec 22, 2022

Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy said yesterday that the decision on whether to file charges against police officers who shoot someone will no longer be made by assistant district attorneys, the Commercial Appeal reports. Instead, that decision will now fall to the county’s new Justice Review Unit – an independent body assembled to look at previous convictions and sentences to make sure they were correct and justly given. Mulroy announced the change during a speech marking his first 100 days in office. Mulroy also rebuked the idea that the Shelby County justice system is a “revolving door” during the speech, citing longer prison sentences and more juveniles tried in adult court as causes of people being repeat offenders.