by Slamdot Hostmaster | Jul 9, 2020 | News
In a July 3, 2020 article, Stephen Ross Johnson was interviewed for USA Today’s Fact Check series: “Stephen Ross Johnson, of Knoxville, Tennessee, a board member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and past president of the Tennessee...
by Slamdot Hostmaster | Jul 8, 2020 | News
Stephen Ross Johnson serves on the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) Task Force on Criminal Court Reopening. The Task Force has issued a Statement of Principles and Report regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and the reopening of criminal courts in...
by Slamdot Hostmaster | Dec 23, 2019 | Articles
In an article published in the January 2020 edition of Dicta, the Journal of the Knoxville Bar Association, Stephen Ross Johnson focuses on the privacy issues with genetic genealogy. The U.S. Department of Justice recently issued an interim policy concerning genetic...
by Slamdot Hostmaster | Dec 20, 2019 | News
Stephen Ross Johnson serves as a representative of the criminal defense bar on Tennessee Governor Lee’s Criminal Justice Investment Task Force, created for the purpose of developing polices aimed at reducing recidivism and improving public safety through policy...
by Slamdot Hostmaster | Dec 3, 2019 | Articles
Stephen Ross Johnson “Why do we want to bury our heads in the sand about whether Sedley Alley was guilty or innocent?” Johnson said. The purpose of the statute is not just to exonerate the innocent, he said, but to find out who the perpetrator is. “The truth should...