Mark Fishburn News Today

Judges are scrambling to find attorneys for the cases that lawyers are hesitant to take on. The low fees have put the system in crisis.

Tennessee Innocence Project lawyers say "perfect storm" of malpractice sent a man to prison for a B.B. King's robbery in 2002. Now, he could be freed.

An Illinois judge sentenced a man to a year and a half in prison after he illegally gave his son an assault-style weapon later used in a 2018 mass

In rare rebuke from the bench, Mark Fishburn calls law enforcement actions in Paul Shane Garrett case ‘malfeasance’ that led to $1.2 million settlement with Metro

In rare rebuke from bench, Mark Fishburn calls law enforcement actions in Paul Shane Garrett case “malfeasance,” which led to $1.2 million settlement with Metro.

A NewsChannel 5 investigation reveals how the Department of Children's Services failed the ten children of a mother currently in jail for child neglect.

Travis Reinking was found guilty of murder in the deaths of Joe Perez, Taurean Sanderlin, DeEbony Groves and Akilah DaSilva at a Waffle House in 2018.

UPDATE: Thanks to a tip to Crime Stoppers, a woman who was sought by authorities and originally thought to be in either Nashville or the Rutherford County area has been located.Jaqueline Mangrum and the five missing children were located late this past week in Nashville. Mangrum is in custody on a bench warrant from Criminal Court. The children were unharmed and were placed into appropriate care by the Department of Children’s Services.Youth Services detectives previously asked for the...

Qualifying deadline for judicial, other races was Thursday at noon

Davidson County Criminal Court Judge Mark Fishburn was first elected to the bench in 1998. He presided over the Waffle House shooting trial.