Nashville, Tenn.–Tennessee is making history. It’s the first state to inaugurate a domestic violence offender registry that will be available to the public.
It’s called Savanna’s Law, named after Savanna Puckett, who was a Robertson County Sheriff’s Deputy who was found shot to death inside her burning home in 2022. She died at the hands of her ex-boyfriend James Jackson Conn, who pleaded guilty to premeditated murder and is serving a life sentence in prison.
The law is effective January 1, 2026, and it aims to prevent future violence by identifying repeat abusers. The registry will publicly identify abusers who are convicted of domestic violence offenses at least twice…