Nashville May Permit Fugitives To Surrender At Churches

The Tennessean today reports that Nashville may join several other U.S. cities and implement a program that would permit some 38,000 non-violent offenders with outstanding criminal warrants to surrender for arrest at selected local churches. Under Operation Fugitive Safe Surrender, those who turn themselves in would be booked at the churches, get a new court date, and be freed without posting a bond. Several criminal justice agencies must still give final approval to participation and the U.S. Marshals Service must still give final approval for funds for the program. (See prior related posting.)