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tulipsandroses

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Fri Aug 5, 2022, 02:08 PM Aug 2022

Progressive Democrat defeats 11 year incumbent Republican DA [View all]

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Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich Loses Re-election Bid Months After Aggressively Prosecuting Pamela Moses For Alleged Voter Fraud

The Tennessee prosecutor who went after Pamela Moses for alleged voter fraud lost her race Thursday night. Shelby County District Attorney Amy Weirich was unseated by a progressive challenger Steve Mulroy.
Mulroy had 56.13 percent of the vote, beating Weirich by over 15,000 votes. She has held the seat since 2011. Local community and national progressive groups wanted Weirich gone and found a challenger in Mulroy.

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Weirich’s defeat comes almost six months after Moses was granted a new trial and close to four months after she declined to recharge the voting rights advocate. Moses was granted a new trial after evidence came to light that the prosecution had previously withheld, showing the probation department’s internal review of the signing of the voting restoration certificate.

Weirich insisted on prosecuting Moses despite an email outlining the probation department’s error and wrong information given. As previously reported by Bolts, Weirich became a symbol of malicious prosecution for going after Moses over a probation officer’s mistake.

Despite Moses’ sincere belief that she was eligible to vote and the complicated rules around rights restoration, Weirich pursued an aggressive prosecution to bolster conservative claims of voter fraud.




https://newsone.com/4385665/shelby-county-prosecutor-amy-weirich-loses-re-election-bid-pamela-moses/
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Dems had BIG wins in Memphis yesterday! SheltieLover Aug 2022 #1
COOL! ShazzieB Aug 2022 #2
Sure is! SheltieLover Aug 2022 #7
Excellent.. Demovictory9 Aug 2022 #23
We need to sustain this, I am encouraged by what I am seeing with wins in local races tulipsandroses Aug 2022 #3
This is so important wryter2000 Aug 2022 #9
Yeah. No shit! The opposition has had this angle all to themselves for FAR too long! calimary Aug 2022 #12
Run For Something Tommymac Aug 2022 #20
Thank Goodness This Over Zealous Witch Lost!!! Indykatie Aug 2022 #4
Excellent! BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #5
Apples nd oranges. soldierant Aug 2022 #8
Not "apples and oranges" because this points to the core of the need for "criminal justice reform" BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #13
Yes, I know who she is. soldierant Aug 2022 #21
The point is BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #22
Unbelievable isn't it?? There were trump voters that deliberately tulipsandroses Aug 2022 #10
Well, no wonder they're making such a stink about it! calimary Aug 2022 #15
The judge (Mark Ward) lost, too. deurbano Aug 2022 #14
Thank you for that news too BumRushDaShow Aug 2022 #17
maybe people are waking up YoshidaYui Aug 2022 #6
Prosecutorial abuse. There's a LOT of that happening. slumcamper Aug 2022 #11
Nothing breeds success like success bucolic_frolic Aug 2022 #16
BIG K/R progressoid Aug 2022 #18
So, why does Weirich still have a license to practice law? cstanleytech Aug 2022 #19
Glad Amy W will be in the unemployment line Demovictory9 Aug 2022 #24
Well done, Memphis Ruby the Liberal Aug 2022 #25
Overzealous prosecution of alleged voter fraud Roc2020 Aug 2022 #26
But progressives can't win 867-5309. Aug 2022 #27
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