Shelby County’s current bail system fails to improve public safety and unnecessarily punishes those who cannot afford release, while allowing people with resources to walk free before trial.
ACLU-TN advocates for Tennessee to revise "safekeeping" law, as the current law is clearly dangerous and unjust and violates the constitutional guarantees of due process and equal treatment under the law.
Jeffery P. Robinson is legal director of the Trone Center for Justice & Equality for the American Civil Liberties Union in New York talks about the removal of confederate statues in his hometown—Memphis, TN.