Racial Profiling, Prosecution Misconduct and the Integrity of the Court Examined with Attorney Michael Working

In this episode of Crime Time, hosted by Allison Hope Weiner, Attorney Michael Working explores examples of the justice system showing judges, prosecutors, and attorneys displaying bias, abuse, and misconduct that raises serious questions about the integrity of the courts. Attorney Fred Wortman’s attempted murder of his wife, alleged drug abuse and delusional incompetence from a District Attorney, and the “backdoor impeachment” of Judge Olu Stevens over racially profiling all white juries.

Guest Bio

Michael Working founded the Working Law Firm in 2006 and has worked on thousands of cases since that time. He is death penalty certified and a member of the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Mike has tried dozens of cases in front of judges and juries and feels more comfortable in a courtroom than almost anywhere else. Michael Working is a frequent contributor to For the Defense, a magazine published every other month and sent to over one thousand Tennessee criminal defense attorneys. He was also a featured speaker at the Tennessee DUI College, a continuing education class held in October 2013, and won the TACDL Workhorse Award. He was named the Memphis Lawyer of the Month at the Memphis Roundtable in May 2013. He is also a cum laude graduate of the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis. In law school, Mike also received an award for the highest grade among all law students in Juvenile Law, Torts, and a seminar class on First Amendment law. Mike also serves as a special judge in the Municipal and General Sessions Courts of Shelby County.