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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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