Will Voters Keep Hangin’ With Mr. Cooper? Haynes Joins Congressional Race
Article Credit: The Tennessee Tribune By Ashley Benkarski NASHVILLE, TN — Franklin native and Public Defender Keeda Haynes is in the running for the state’s 5th Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives held by incumbent Jim Cooper, a “Blue Dog” Democrat. Cooper has occupied the position since 2003 and his tenure is set…
Statement on Tornado Devastation
Nashville, TN—Keeda Haynes, Candidate for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional released the following statement on two tornadoes that rocked Nashville and Middle Tennessee on March 3. “Today, our communities are waking up to destruction. Our communities are reeling as nine of our neighbors are confirmed dead and many more injured or missing. Hundreds, possibly thousands, will be…
Haynes Speaks at Yale Law School RebLaw 2020 Conference
New Haven, CT—Keeda Haynes, Candidate for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional district and Criminal Justice Reform advocate will be a featured panelist for the Rebellious Lawyering Conference at Yale Law School February 14-15, 2020. Reblaw is the largest student-run public interest conference in the United States. Keeda will be participating with the National Justice Impact Bar Association…
Haynes to speak at Federal Defenders Training
New Orleans, LA—Keeda Haynes, Candidate for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional district and Criminal Justice Reform advocate will be a featured panelist for the Federal Defenders Services Office Training division conference in New Orleans, Louisiana. Haynes’ panel will focus on ‘Effective Communication with Clients from Different Backgrounds’. “It is important for me to continue the work of…
Keeda Haynes Brings Her Personal Experiences to Congress Run
Article Credit: The Nashville Voice Former Public Defender has been on both sides of the law Keeda Haynes (Photo courtesy of: facebook.com/KeedaForCongress) This election cycle U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Nashville) has a number of challengers for his position as U.S. House of Representatives from Tennessee’s 5th district. He is facing local activist Justin Jones, Democratic…
Another Democrat Is Challenging Jim Cooper
Article Credit: Nashville Scene Keeda Haynes, a Nashville public defender who went to law school after a five-year prison sentence, is the latest Democrat challenging U.S. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Nashville). Haynes has been planning to run for months and was among the candidates considered by Justice Democrats, the national progressive group that helps Democrats challenge…
Criminal Justice Reform Advocate Keeda Haynes announces Congressional Run
Goodlettsville, Tennessee—Keeda Haynes, Criminal Justice Reform advocate and former Public Defender announces her run for Tennessee’s 5th Congressional District. “It is time to have a voice in Congress that has been a part of both the American dream and it’s nightmare. I have been afforded incredible opportunities, but I also have been the victim of…
Keeda Haynes Brings Something Different to the Public Defender’s Office — Five Years Spent in Prison
Article Credit: The Nashville Scene “She knows what it’s like to be incarcerated, to feel helpless and have to rely on a lawyer.” By STEVEN HALE PHOTO: DANIEL MEIGS Keeda Haynes had spent a few nights in Alderson, W. Va., when it really hit her. “I am in fucking federal prison.” Just weeks earlier, in…
Chattanooga bus driver Johnthony Walker wrote apology to statutory rape victim, cop says
Article Credit: The Tennessean Johnthony Walker, the driver in a 2016 Chattanooga bus crash that killed six children, told police in June that he had sex with an 14-year-old girl in Nashville and said he later considered it “repulsive,” according to testimony Thursday. The testimony, during a preliminary hearing, shed new light on the statutory rape charge filed against Walker,…