MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A retired judge says the number of trials taking place in Shelby County criminal courts has dropped dramatically, leading to a backlog of cases that have dragged on for years. Former criminal court judge J. Robert Carter says in a new report prepared at the request of Mayor Jim Strickland that local […]
Tyre Nichols’s fatal beating took its place on a roster of traumatic events that have helped shape the story of Memphis as much as its world-famous musical innovations.