Melissa Boyd, the Shelby County judge indicated for coercing a witness and harassment, has been barred from "exercising any judicial power, court records show.
A Tennessee State Senator has requested an investigation into Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy and Shelby County Judge Paula Skahan after Courtney Anderson, a man serving a 162-year sentence for nonviolent offenses, was released and then ordered back to prison by the Court of Appeals.
Retired Judge Bobby Carter was given the task of reviewing the criminal courts at 201 Poplar and Mayor Jim Strickland sent out the results in his weekly update.