The issue of the bail reform is being discussed in Tennessee.
What are the problems of such so-called “Bail Reform” in Tennessee? What are its implications for Memphis & Shelby County in terms of “Bail Reform” in Tennessee?
It is reported in the media that there are bail reform efforts in Tennessee, and Tennessee lawmakers propose constitutional amendment to deny bail for more violent offenders.
– What is Bail?
Bail is, according to the Britannica encyclopedia, a legal procedure by which a judge or magistrate sets at liberty one who has been arrested or imprisoned, upon receipt of security to ensure the released prisoner’s later appearance in court for further proceedings.
The purposes of bail pending trial in criminal cases are said to avoid inflicting punishment upon an innocent person (who may be acquitted at trial) and to encourage the unhampered preparation of his defense.
– The Legal Grounds of/about Bail in Tennessee.
Tennessee Constitution Article I – Declaration of Rights. Section 15 says this as below about bail.
“That all prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless for capital offences, when the proof is evident, or the presumption great. And the privilege of the writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in case of rebellion or invasion, the General Assembly shall declare the public safety requires it.”
Tennessee Constitution Article I – Declaration of Rights. Section 16 says, “That excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.”
And Tennessee Code Title 40 – Criminal Procedure Chapter 11 mentions or talks about “Bail” from Part 1 to Part 4. (Part 1 – Admission to Bail, Part 2 – Forfeiture of Bail, Part 3 – Professional Bondsmen, Part 4 – Continuing Education for Professional Bail Bonding Agents.)
TN Code § 40-11-102 says, “Before trial, all defendants shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, except for capital offenses where the proof is evident or the presumption great. After conviction, defendants are bailable as provided by § 40-11-113, § 40-11-143 or both.”
– Judicial Corruptions and Crimes in Memphis and Shelby County.
Let’s face the realities of judicial power and discretion in the City of Memphis and Shelby County in the State of Tennessee in the United States of America.
A lot of judges can be suspected to be involved in judicial corruptions. Most of judges may be involved in judicial misconducts. And even some judges are suspected to have involved in judicial crime. That is the realities of Memphis and Shelby County.
We are not talking about this on the basis of theoretical situations or hypothetic assumptions. Our view, opinion, and experiences are based on, and originated from the actual cases. These case numbers are some of them. They are “CT-4094-20″(2:20-cv-02904-SHL-atc), “CT-2449-22”, “CT-1057-21”, “47ODR-20-51(Arkansas Case), and potentially future cases.
Felicia Corbin-Johnson is a (strong) suspect in that case. Rhynette Hurd is a (extremely strong) suspect in that case. In other words, they are usual suspects. And there are other allegations or suspicions in terms of other lawyers whose social titles were judges and who were sitting on the (judicial) benches in Shelby County in Tennessee. Those/such judges should be investigated or/and arrested because there are probable causes, and those/such judges should be convicted, and be sent to and put into prisons if/when such causes/crimes are proved beyond the reasonable doubts in the court of law.
The Plaintiff of those cases continues to allege that he suffered from, suffers from, and is suffering from various kinds of crimes which are originated from those cases over more than four (4) years.
The Plaintiff alleges that one of the recent crimes happened in the courtroom on or about November 1, 2023(Case Number: CT-4094-20 Div. I). And he felt dangerous in Memphis and Shelby County because he thought that even judges are suspected to be “criminals”, or at least “suspects” of such crimes here in Memphis and Shelby County in Tennessee.
Both therefore and eventually, the Plaintiff decided to move to and live in Atlanta in Georgia after looking around Nashville in Tennessee because he didn’t feel safe here in Memphis. He even reported the change of his new address in Atlanta to the immigration authorities(USCIS) on December in 2023 because he was really going to live in Atlanta, GA.
However, he had to come back to Memphis and Shelby County again on January in 2024 because his e-filing account to/of the Shelby County Circuit Court was blocked (allegedly) intentionally, which was a crime or was suspected to be a crime.
And he is writing this editorial of the Times at the moment. His experiences are real, and our views are real, too.
– In the name of judicial discretion.
If the lawyers, who are sitting on the judicial benches and whose names are judges, have more power in the name of judicial discretion in terms of the bail system in Memphis and Shelby County, TN, then, there exist such great possibilities that such discretions can be abused, misused, and/or even used for committing judicial crimes.
Such possibilities are not just realistic, but they are literally REAL. And judicial crimes already exist in Memphis and Shelby County.
– Mr. Tyre Nichols’ case & police crime.
One of the things which Mr. Tyre Nichols’ case showed and proved was that such police officers in Memphis were suspected to have committed crimes here in Memphis and Shelby County. They are suspectedly criminals (or at least the defendants in criminal cases as of now.)
If someone sees and perceives the case of Mr. Nichols as just “police brutality,” then his/her view is or may stay in the lowest level of understanding of that case.
That case shows the realities of police crimes. And there can exist other types of police crimes, especially from the higher level of police positions.
And the issues don’t stop at the level of police crime. If police commit crime, it opens the door widely for other crimes which can be committed by others who are more powerful than just the police officers in the street in Memphis. One of the typical examples are judges who hold the judical power here in Shelby County.
The real implication of the issues of Mr. Nichols’ death case is connected, directly and indirectly, to the issues of local government crime here in Memphis and Shelby County.
– “Bail reform” in Tennessee.
If TN State Senator Brent Taylor wants to make any “bail reform” in Tennessee, he has to present other measures for preventing such tools from being used for abuse or misuse, or even judicial corruptions and/or crimes in the name of judicial discretion.
Memphis is a city of crime. And it is not a city of just violent or physical crimes. It is a city of crime of hybrid crimes including white-collar crime. Such hybrid crimes are the worst type of crime only except homicide.
It is suspected or alleged that Memphis and Shelby County, TN have and suffer from government crimes including, but not limited to judicial crime and police crime.
What is much more important and urgent in Memphis and Shelby County, TN, than such “Bail Reform” is “Judicial Reform.”
– Government Reform in Tennessee (including Judicial Reform.)
Most of judges here in Memphis and Shelby County are suspected to be corrupt. And Some of them are extremely strongly suspected to be even criminal.
It’s the time the Memphians or the local residents have to face the realities of judicial and legal circles here in the local communities. They are not only corrupt but also (are suspected or alleged to be) even criminal. Seriously and really, they are (suspectedly) criminals.
Mr. Sexton and Mr. Taylor, “Hey Men, you’re NOT doing your job”, and “Do your work”.
This Honorable Court of Public Opinion orders the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Tennessee Cameron Sexton and State Senator Brent Taylor to perform the “Government Reform (including Judicial Reform)” in Memphis and Shelby County in Tennessee.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
The Editorial of the Memphis Times
www.memphistimes.org
Published: February 7, 2024, Wednesday, at 2:50AM.
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