WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tennessee State Senator Brent Taylor (R-31) sent a follow-up letter to Shelby County District Attorney Steve Mulroy demanding answers after Mulroy admitted he allowed an unknown number of violent criminals to be released back into the community without prison time in December 2025.
In December 2025, 430 of the 514 felony cases in Shelby County Criminal Court were resolved without requiring defendants to serve prison time. 166 of these 514 felony cases involved violent crimes, meaning Mulroy allowed an unknown number of violent criminals back into the community. Senator Blackburn and State Senator Taylor are demandi...