The Latest Breaking News from Amy Weirich

Appeals court agrees that a former Tennessee death row inmate can be eligible for parole in 4 years

A Tennessee appeals court has upheld a judge’s ruling that allows a former death row inmate to be eligible for parole in four years after spending more than three decades in prison

The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023

Memphis DA agrees to review info in man's killing by officer

The top prosecutor in Memphis has agreed to review additional information about the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old Black man during an attempted arrest by a white police officer

The Independent UK · Feb 16, 2023

Pamela Moses sues officials after voter fraud conviction overturned

Tennessee woman was serving six-year sentence before prosecutors’ withholding of crucial document came to light

The Guardian - US · Oct 25, 2022

‘It’s a scare tactic’: Pamela Moses, the Black woman jailed over voting error, speaks out

Exclusive: Longtime activist who still faces the possibility of a retrial tells the Guardian she believes she’s being ‘persecuted’ for being outspoken

The Guardian - US · Mar 11, 2022

Harsh punishments for Black Americans over voting errors spark outcry

Pamela Moses was sentenced to six years for trying to vote while white people who committed more intentional acts of fraud merely received probation

The Guardian - US · Mar 3, 2022

Pamela Moses 'Requested a Jury Trial.' So She Got 6 Years in Prison.

Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich said Moses would be a free woman—if she hadn't insisted on exercising her constitutional right to trial.

Reason · Feb 17, 2022