Death Penalty for Child Rape: What Tennessee’s 2025 Law Means for Defendants Tennessee’s criminal justice system is undergoing a seismic shift in 2025. A newly enacted law now permits the death...
Can a 16-Year-Old Be Sentenced to Life in Tennessee? What the New 2025 Law Means When a minor commits a serious crime, the consequences can be life-altering—not just for the victim, but for the...
Understanding Tennessee’s Legal Definition of Self-Defense When a confrontation escalates to violence, your actions can be the difference between freedom and a felony conviction. In Tennessee,...
Reckless driving isn’t just a traffic ticket—it’s a criminal offense in Tennessee. For many drivers, that fact alone comes as a surprise. But what’s more alarming is how fast a moment of poor...
Navigating the Legal System: Steps for Obtaining Restraining Orders and Ensuring Personal Safety When personal safety is at risk due to threats, harassment, or violence, obtaining a restraining...
The Tennessee State Legislature has wrapped up its 2022-2023 session. As expected, several new criminal laws are now in effect or will soon be in effect. This article will summarize some of these...
Tennessee Juvenile Law Update: Efforts to Treat More Juveniles Charged with Crimes as Adults A bill is working its way through the Tennessee General Assembly that would change the way the State of...
Since the drafting of our last Tennessee abortion law update, efforts to modify one of the strictest abortion bans in the nation have failed or stalled. House Bill 1440, which made exceptions for...
Tennessee’s ban on abortion took effect August 25, 2022, two months after the Supreme Court’s landmark Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned federal protection for abortion. As of...