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Black Children Were Jailed for a Crime That Doesn’t Exist. Almost Nothing Happened to the Adults in Charge.

October 8, 2021

Judge Donna Scott Davenport oversees a juvenile justice system in Rutherford County, Tennessee, with a staggering history of jailing children. She said kids must face consequences, which rarely seem to apply to her or the other adults in charge. This disturbing investigative piece from ProPublica shows how racism in a Nashville, TN area juvenile court has damaged the lives of thousands of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: court reform, institutional racism, judicial accountability, judicial immunity, Tennessee

Williamson County Family Exchanges Litigation Over Accusations of Child Abuse, Murder

June 18, 2021

Gracie Solomon, a brave young woman and abuse survivor is speaking out about her abusive father, sharing her belief that her father killed her older brother Grant, her protector. She is also a survivor of the corrupt and inept family court system that ignored her abuse and forced her into the full custody of her violent father, despite her mother's attempts to protect her and her brother … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: child abuse, gracie solomon, homicide, sexual abuse, survivor, Tennessee, Williamson County Circuit Court

Jacob Shaffer Pleads Guilty in Five Lincoln County Murders, Including His Estranged Wife and Stepson

July 12, 2011

Jacob Shaffer, 32, was sentenced to five life sentences without the possibility of parole in a Fayetteville courtroom Friday. His guilty plea comes just over two years after a two-state killing spree that left six people dead. Shaffer pleaded guilty Friday to fatally stabbing his estranged wife, Tracie Hall Shaffer; her 16-year-old son, Devin Brooks; Brooks' 16-year-old friend, Robert … [Read more...]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: alabama, child homicide, devin brooks, divorce, familicide, gun violence, lincoln county, madison county, Tennessee

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