She Begged for Help. This State’s Probation Gap May Have Put Her in Danger. Tennessee probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months. Temptress Peebles was one of six mothers who...

ICYMI: She Begged for Help. This State’s Probation Gap May Have Put Her in Danger. @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social

How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died duri...

NEW: Tennessee has one of the highest rates of gun-related homicide. A blind spot in the state's probation department appears at a time when experts say offenders are a danger to domestic violence victims, @wpln.bsky.social and @propublica.org found.

How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died duri...

Roughly 1 in 4 domestic violence homicide victims in Tennessee’s five biggest cities were allegedly shot by someone who was legally barred from having a gun. @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social

How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died duri...

NEW: Tennessee has one of the highest rates of gun-related homicide.

A blind spot in the state's probation department appears at a time when experts say offenders are a danger to domestic violence victims, @wpln.bsky.social and @propublica.org found.

Peebles' ex and his lawyer declined to speak with WPLN and the case file has been sealed. The case is scheduled for trial this month. 7/7

How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died duri...

Six young Black moms were allegedly killed by suspects who were on probation but not being monitored in person because of a warrant out for their arrest. Their deaths left 12 children without mothers. 6/7

Probation officers in TN cannot serve warrants or arrest probationers themselves. TDOC said they work closely with law enforcement to aid with arrests. But the department confirmed that all in-person supervision stops until the warrant is served. 5/7

When a probationer commits a new crime, a warrant can go out for their arrest. But until that warrant is served, face-to-face supervision stops. Sometimes that gap is a few days long. Other times, we found it can last more than a year. 4/7

Roughly 1 in 4 domestic violence homicide victims in Tennessee’s five biggest cities were allegedly shot by a suspect who was barred from having a gun. And some suspects were being monitored by probation officers before the homicide. 3/7

Guns in Dangerous Hands Archives Tennessee has one of the highest rates of women killed by men in the country. Loose gun laws and weak enforcement make it easier for dangerous people to keep their guns, even if they are barred from h...

Over nearly three years, @mariamelba.bsky.social and I have examined hundreds of fatal domestic violence shootings in TN to understand how often they are committed by someone legally barred from having a gun, and the gaps victims fall through in the system. 2/7

How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died duri...

Temptress Peebles called Nashville’s probation office for help. Her ex was on probation and had an arrest warrant. But until police served that warrant, probation stopped in-person oversight. 10 days after that call, she was dead. 🧵 1/7

How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger Probation officers pause in-person visits and home searches for offenders facing an arrest warrant. That reduced supervision can last for months — in one case it was over a year. Six mothers died duri...

Shocking story. How a Gap in Tennessee’s Probation System Leaves Domestic Violence Victims in Danger, by @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social @mariamelba.bsky.social

Probation officers in TN cannot serve warrants or arrest probationers themselves. TDOC said they work closely with law enforcement to aid with arrests. But the department confirmed that all in-person supervision stops until the warrant is served. 5/7

When a probationer commits a new crime, a warrant can go out for their arrest. But until that warrant is served, face-to-face supervision stops. Sometimes that gap is a few days long. Other times, we found it can last more than a year. 4/7

Roughly 1 in 4 domestic violence homicide victims in Tennessee’s five biggest cities were allegedly shot by a suspect who was barred from having a gun. And some suspects were being monitored by probation officers before the homicide. 3/7

Guns in Dangerous Hands Archives Tennessee has one of the highest rates of women killed by men in the country. Loose gun laws and weak enforcement make it easier for dangerous people to keep their guns, even if they are barred from h...

Over nearly three years, @mariamelba.bsky.social and I have examined hundreds of fatal domestic violence shootings in TN to understand how often they are committed by someone legally barred from having a gun, and the gaps victims fall through in the system. www.propublica.org/series/guns-... 2/7

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Tennessee executes Byron Black despite worries about his heart implant The state of Tennessee carried out the execution of Byron Black on Tuesday morning. The 69-year-old was convicted of killing his girlfriend and her

Reporters who witnessed the execution said that Byron Black, who had a heart implant, seemed to be in distress during the execution and said “it’s hurting so bad.” They said Black was breathing and moaning more than previous executions. wpln.org/post/tenness... @catherinejsweeney.bsky.social

Middle School Cheerleaders Made a TikTok Video Portraying a School Shooting. They Were Charged With a Crime. Social videos, memes and retweets are becoming fodder for criminal charges in an era of heightened responses to student threats. Authorities say harsh punishment is necessary, but experts say the crac...

In rural Tennessee, 16 middle schoolers waiting for cheerleading practice to start made a TikTok video seeming to role play a school shooting.

The sheriff's office charged every single one with a crime.

www.propublica.org/article/soci...

Timeline: Tennessee is planning its first lethal injection in years. How did the state get here? On Thursday, Tennessee plans to carry out its first execution since 2019 by means of lethal injection. It's the fourth scheduled execution date since 2020 for

Byron Black is asking Tennessee's governor to commute his death sentence based on his intellectual disability. In 2021 death row inmates gained the right to petition the court for a determination on their disability, but Black's lawyers say he was since denied that chance wpln.org/post/timelin...

Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law that bars gender-affirming care for minors At issue was a Tenneessee law that bars minors from accessing gender-affirming care as they transition from their sex assigned at birth.

JUST IN: The Supreme Court upholds Tennessee law that bars gender-affirming care for minors.

How the Head of an Embattled Tennessee Youth Detention Center Held on to Power for Decades Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name despite scandals, investigations and the use of seclusion to punish children.

That superintendent, Richard L. Bean, recently announced he'll be stepping down from the facility that bears his name. @paigepfleger.bsky.social and @mariamelba.bsky.social looked into how Bean was able to hold on to his position for decades:

Still of Last Week Tonight. John Oliver is discussing a Nov. 16, 2023 ProPublica/WPLN story titled "This Youth Detention Center Superintendent Illegally Locks Kids Alone in Cells. No One Has Forced Him to Stop."

Still of Last Week Tonight, spotlighting a quote from youth center superintendent Richard L. Bean, saying "What we do is treat everybody like they're in here for murder. You don't have any problems if you do that."

John Oliver wasn't done with ProPublica & @wpln.bsky.social.

Later in the episode he talked about @paigepfleger.bsky.social's 2023 profile of a TN youth center superintendent who illegally locked kids alone in their cells.

www.propublica.org/article/knox...

You’ll see a familiar byline on the next episode of @lastweektonight.com ❣️

How the Head of an Embattled Tennessee Youth Detention Center Held on to Power for Decades Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name despite scandals, investigations and the use of seclusion to punish children.

“He’s just been allowed to go unchecked,” said state Rep. Sam McKenzie of Knoxville. “It was just a bad situation compounded by a rubber-stamp board that really was trying to protect him, and not protect our children.” www.propublica.org/article/rich... @wpln.bsky.social @propublica.org

How the head of an embattled Tennessee youth detention center held on to power for decades Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name despite scandals, investigations, and the use of seclusion to punish children.

How the head of an embattled Tennessee youth detention center held on to power for decades despite multiple investigations, the use of seclusion

wpln.org/post/how-the... @paigepfleger.bsky.social @wpln.bsky.social

"His former secretary, his personal lawyer, the judge for whom he served as a campaign treasurer and a pallbearer of his wife’s casket all sat on the board over time as voting members."

A maddening story by @paigepfleger.bsky.social & @mariamelba.bsky.social

How the Head of an Embattled Tennessee Youth Detention Center Held on to Power for Decades Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name despite scandals, investigations and the use of seclusion to punish children.

Many of the board members were his friends — his former secretary, his personal lawyer, a pallbearer for his wife’s casket. Others didn’t know they were listed as board members until we called them for this story. My latest with @mariamelba.bsky.social: www.propublica.org/article/rich...

How the Head of an Embattled Tennessee Youth Detention Center Held on to Power for Decades Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name despite scandals, investigations and the use of seclusion to punish children.

Richard L. Bean remained in his perch as the superintendent of the juvenile detention center that bears his name despite scandals, investigations and the use of seclusion to punish children.
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