Tennessee 28th District Capitol Hill Week in Review with Senator Joey Hensley, MD

Truth in Sentencing

Across the country, people are mourning the lives tragically stolen from individuals of the Memphis community. As we reflect on the events that led up to these murders, it is clear that the system failed to protect citizens from dangerous criminals. We need to do better. The two men who committed these heinous crimes, are repeat violent offenders who should have still been in prison at the time these crimes were committed. Instead, they were both released early from their sentences and allowed to terrorize innocent citizens on the streets of Memphis.

Cleotha Abston, 38, the...