Shelby County jailer convicted in Gershun Freeman death to be sentenced

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A Shelby County jailer convicted in the 2023 death of inmate Gershun Freeman is scheduled to be sentenced Friday.

Courtney Parham was found guilty of criminally negligent homicide in connection with Freeman’s death while he was in custody in Shelby County. Parham was originally scheduled to be sentenced in September, but the hearing was delayed.

Parham is one of nine people charged in connection with Freeman’s death. One individual has been acquitted, while the remaining seven defendants have not yet gone to trial.

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