Tennessee Conservative
A New Defense Attorney For Cleotha Abston-Henderson Is Asking That The Case Be Moved Out Of Memphis. Abston Is Charged With The September 2022 Kidnapping And Murder Of Eliza Fletcher.
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A Shelby County Judge Decided That A Man Accused Of Rape And Murder Will Stand Trial For Those Charges In A Shelby County Court.
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A Woman, Who The Memphis Police Department Says Was Abducted And Sexually Assaulted By Cleotha Abston Henderson In 2021, Is Suing The City Of Memphis And Is Accusing The Police Department For Inadequately Investigating Her Sexual Assault Case.
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Cleotha Abston Henderson, The Man Accused Of The Kidnapping And Murder Of A Memphis Teacher Eliza Fletcher, Has Now Been Connected To A 2021 Abduction After Results Of A Backlogged DNA Kit Were Received. A New Law That Went Into Effect Earlier This Year Would Have Prevented Both Of Those Crimes By Keeping Him In Jail.
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Tennessee Lawmakers Have Said Memphis Teacher Eliza Fletcher’s Violent Death Could Have Been Prevented If A New Law Had Existed When Her Murderer Was Previously Incarcerated. Thirty-Eight Year Old Cleotha Abston Had Been Recently Released Early From A State Prison For A Previous Crime And Was Not Under Supervision Or Parole At The Time Of His Attack On Fletcher.
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House Speaker Cameron Sexton Is Pushing An Amendment To The Tennessee Constitution That Would Prohibit Bail For Certain Violent Crimes But Critics Say Judges Already Have That Discretion.
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More Than Year After The Murder Of A Memphis Kindergarten Teacher Brought Renewed Public Attention To The State’s Lengthy Delays In Testing Sexual Assault Evidence, Average Turnaround Times For Lab Work Still Surpass Five Months, According To A Report Released Last Week By The Tennessee Bureau Of Investigation.
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Crime Across Memphis Continues With Recent Robberies At Gunpoint Of Both A Local News Crew And Utility Company Employees In Two Separate Incidents.
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Advocacy Groups Are Asking Governor Bill Lee To Appoint An Independent Investigator To Look Into The Possible Failures Of State Agencies That May Have Led To The Kidnapping And Murder Of Eliza Fletcher Earlier This Year.
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Former Supervisory Special Agent James A. Gagliano Joined Sen. Marsha Blackburn On Wednesday And Explained That There Is A “Huge Mistake” Being Made When It Comes To Policing.
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