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Commission interviews three candidates for judicial commissioner amid concerns about jail processing delays
Summary
Shelby County commissioners interviewed three candidates for judicial commissioner positions and pressed them on handling high‑volume dockets and intake flow; county judges and commissioners raised staffing and jail movement issues that can cause people to remain in custody after bonds are posted.
Shelby County commissioners on April 22 held interviews for three candidates to fill judicial commissioner vacancies and spent substantial time probing how each candidate would handle high‑volume dockets, bond hearings and the backlog in processing.
Candidates described relevant experience. Devenis Foster, a Tennessee‑licensed attorney with more than 20 years of practice and prior service as a special judge, offered a steady‑temperament pitch and used a personal metaphor: "I am this tree," she told…
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