 L to R: GVIP Asst. Director Chris Johnson; Director Jimmie Johnson (no relation); DA Mulroy; Deputy DA Paul Hagerman.
The DA’s Office recently announced a new partnership with the City of Memphis Group Violence Intervention Program (GVIP). The program provides an assessment of defendants and then refers them to a variety of re-entry/rehabilitation services that includes drug treatment, mental health counseling, parenting and also job training. This is a significant and welcome expansion of mission by GVIP.
The program recently started accepting both pre-trial and post-adjunction defendants. GVIP is seen as an important part of our more general and expansive initiative to make probation and pre-trial supervision more meaningful in terms of re-entry/rehabilitation while also focusing on public safety and decreasing recidivism.
Brittany Jackson, mother charged in the June death of North Memphis toddler, Sequoia Samuels, appeared in court on Monday. Jackson’s mental evaluation came back and the court declared her competent to stand for trial.
ADA Devon Dennis and ADA Eric Christensen are handling the case.
Herman Hollins-Brown has been charged with first degree murder and abuse of a corpse. The District Attorney’s Office expects to add another murder charge in the coming days as a second body was discovered this week.
ADA Lessie Rainey and ADA Regina Lucreziano are handling the case.
 Director of Community Affairs, Tracye Jones and ADA Tanisha Johnson recently attended the 40th annual National Black Prosecutors Association (NBPA) Conference and Job Fair in Chicago, Il. The NBPA is an organization dedicated to the recruitment, training and retention of Black/African American lawyers in the prosecution field. The annual convention serves as a comprehensive and intensive training session on innovative changes in the law, leadership, and professional development. This year’s theme was Agents of Change in the Courtroom and the Community.
 L to R: Mahal Burr (Bridges), Dr. Alexandrea Golden (Univ. of Memphis), Caitlin Caswell (Bridges) and Tracye Jones, Director of Community Affairs (DA's Office)
 The DTWT gallery has a new home! On Friday, the gallery will be traveling from our office to the community festival at Rhodes College and then finally to CLOUD901 at the Benjamin Hooks Central Library.
The Do the Write Thing Essay challenge, which started in 2006, began as opportunity for middle school students to express how violence impacts their lives and to also offer solutions to reduce youth violence.
This year, we collaborated with BRIDGES to code the essays and have them analyzed by a research team. The findings of what our Memphis and Shelby County middle school students have to say about violence and its impact were insightful. The creative team from BRIDGES also created a visual display of students’ responses about the causes, impact and solutions for youth violence.
ADAs Melanie Headley and Forrest Edwards of the SCDAG Crime Strategies Prosecution Unit were in court this week with Executive Director of Shelby County Office of Re-Entry, DeAndre Brown to discuss programming for ex-offenders.
From WREG: Shelby County DA Speaks on Special Session, Gun Restrictions
From Daily Memphian: DA to Speed Up Video Release from Some Fatal Police Shootings
From Commercial Appeal: DA to Release 'key portions' of Video from Fatal Police Shootings Faster
 Thanks for reading,
Steve Mulroy
District Attorney
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