Sugarmon ousts Michael for juvenile court judge seat in 2014 rematch
Tarik Sugarmon ousted incumbent Dan Michael in a reversal of the 2014 election when the two last ran against each other for the position.
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Hear from Juvenile Court judge candidates Dan Michael, Tarik Sugarmon
The top two endorsed candidates for Shelby County Juvenile Court Judge have faced off before in 2014. Fewer than 10,000 votes separated them.
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New documents prove Tennessee County disproportionately jails Black children — and it's getting worse
This was first published at ProPublica, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom. Sign up for The Big Story newsletter to receive stories like this one in your inbox.Tennessee’s Rutherford County, which has been widely criticized for its juvenile justice system, has been jailing Black childr...
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New Documents Prove Tennessee County Disproportionately Jails Black Children, and It's Getting Worse — ProPublica
Newly obtained reports show that Black children in Rutherford County are locked up more than twice as often as population size would suggest. And as the rest of the country has made progress on racial disparities, the county has gotten far worse.
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