by PERL | Nov 9, 2017 | News
By Marc Perrusquia Source: Commercial Appeal November 8, 2017 A retired police lieutenant pulled no punches Wednesday while testifying that Memphis Police Department supervisors condoned widespread neglect and incompetence in sex crimes investigations. Among...
by PERL | Nov 3, 2017 | News
By Thomas J. Eckert Source: BeingLibertarian.com October 21, 2017 It seems like not a week goes by anymore without an outcry for change in one area or another. Always followed inevitably with a catchy hashtag going viral throughout social media, giving off the...
by PERL | Nov 1, 2017 | Uncategorized
By Meaghan Ybos Source: In Justice Today October 11, 2017 A sex crimes detective with the Memphis Police Department will keep her job despite leaking confidential investigative files to the family of a rape suspect, the Commercial Appeal reported last week. Before...
by PERL | Oct 6, 2017 | News
By Marc Perrusquia Source: The Commercial Appeal October 6, 2017 When Marcus Deshun Gibson was booked last March on an aggravated rape charge, his situation looked as foreboding as the razor wire topping the Shelby County Jail that held him. But Gibson had an inside...
by PERL | May 12, 2017 | News
By Sofia Resnick Source: Rewire May 18, 2015 A three-month investigation by Rewire has revealed that the agency charged with overseeing this effort has been unable to answer these rudimentary questions, leaving advocates at a loss to explain why so little progress has...