TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Paul Burch on Sep 21, 2023

A federal trial has been set for May 2024 for five former Memphis police officers charged with violating Tyre Nichols' civil rights, reports the Commercial Appeal. The officers were indicted in federal court on Sept. 12. They each face charges of depriving Nichols of his right to be "free from the use of unreasonable force by a police officer," deliberate indifference to Nichols' medical needs, tampering with evidence and intentionally providing false and misleading information. The maximum sentence the five former officers face is life in prison. There is no parole in the federal system. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Tennessee elected not to pursue the death penalty for the case.