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Tennessee Prosecutors Do Not Have Immunity to Defamation Lawsuits, Appeals Court Rules

November 30, 2019November 29, 2019 Jason M. Reynolds

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Tennessee prosecutors are not immune to defamation lawsuits, an appeals court ruled this week, sending the case back to a lower court.