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Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jun 5, 2023

A push by local and state leaders to reform the bail system in Memphis may take longer than expected, WREG News 3 reports. At a news conference last week, a county commissioner and state senator spoke about the need to fix the system to curb crime. “We as a community have had our patience tested and it’s come back negative,” state Senator Brent Taylor, R-Memphis, said. “We are completely at our wits’ end when it comes to crime.” Commissioner Mick Wright said the group is waiting on information from the court to establish a baseline as to the number of people arrested and bail amounts for the last six months. A resolution passed by the city commission last August directed the collection of that data. But that has not happened. Wright said the courts claim they did not know they were supposed to be tracking the information.