MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) – The sentencing hearing for a Shelby County jailer convicted in the 2023 death of inmate Gershun Freeman has been delayed until January 2027, and court dates for several co-defendants have also been pushed back.
Courtney Parham was scheduled to be sentenced Friday after being found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in connection with Freeman’s death while in custody at the Shelby County Jail.
During Friday’s proceedings, Judge Chris Craft reset Parham’s sentencing hearing to Jan. 15, 2027, following a legal dispute over a state subpoena for Shelby County Sheriff Anthony Buckner to testify…