Tennessee House Speaker Cameron Sexton (R-Crossville) and Senate Majority Leader Jack Johnson (R-Franklin) joined Memphis Mayor Paul Young and a number of lawmakers from both major political parties at a Friday press event in Memphis to call for an amendment to the Tennessee Constitution that would empower judges to deny bail for violent criminals who are not accused of murder.
Sexton, Johnson, and Young were joined by State Senator Brent Taylor (R-Memphis), State Representative Antonio Parkinson (D-Memphis), and other local leaders to call for the constitutional amendment.