Currently holds the office of Tennessee District Attorney - District 30 until August 4, 2030.
Candidate for Tennessee District Attorney - District 30 in 2022 Tennessee Primary Election.
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Get StartedCOST EFFECTIVE PROSECUTIONS—require prosecutors to provide the judge an estimate of the cost of incarceration at sentencing. Learn more
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE—develop real, regularly used community-based interventions for property crimes, where victims can participate in arranging for restitution. Learn more
OPPOSE MASS INCARCERATION & MINIMUM MANDATORY SENTENCING. Learn more
JUVENILE JUSTICE—reduce transfer to adult court for young children and those accused of nonviolent crimes. Restore federal Department of Justice monitoring of Juvenile Court to correct racially disproportionate charging, detention, and sentencing. Learn more
APPOINT INDEPENDENT PROSECUTORS TO INVESTIGATE POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTINGS. Learn more
PRIORITIZE VIOLENT CRIME—redirect resources from minor, nonviolent offenses to serious, violent offenses. Use DA’s discretion to seek, for nonviolent offenses, community-based alternatives to expensive, sometimes counterproductive long term prison sentences. Free up resources to target repeat violent offenders. Learn more
BAIL REFORM—people not convicted of a crime should not languish in jail for no reason other than that they can’t afford cash bail. Use discretion to provide alternatives to pretrial detention for people not convicted of any crime. Where appropriate, avoid cash bail. Where bail is appropriate, ensure that the bail is affordable and particularized to the individual defendant’s financial circumstances. Where the defendant is either a flight risk or a danger to the community, deny bail outright. Learn more
“RED FLAG” LAW—support passage of a state “red flag” law, allowing court orders to temporarily take away guns from persons judicially deemed dangerous due to domestic violence incidents, mental health issues, etc. Learn more
CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT—establish Conviction Integrity Unit, as used in Nashville DA, to review prior cases for possible errors, wrongful convictions, etc. Learn more
MAKE USE OF COURT DIVISIONS THAT PRIORITIZE REHABILITATION—Drug Court, Veterans Court, and Mental Health Court. Learn more
JUVENILE COURT—support expansion of Juvenile Court jurisdiction to age 25, due to modern science on teen brain development. Learn more
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