MEMPHIS, Tenn. — Multiple organizations are making their way across the state of Tennessee to raise awareness about resources for victims of crime.
Their first stop was right here in the Bluff City.
WREG spoke with the mother behind the campaign who said she wants to help reimagine public safety.
Rafiah Muhammad-McCormick from the Middle Tennessee area said her son was killed on July 9, 2020, in her backyard.
She said her son’s accused killer was sentenced to serve at least one year but no more than six years in prison.
“You can’t give me my child back,” Muhammad-McCormick said. “He (the accused killer) can’t give me my baby back with his body. So, instead, I wanted to give him the opportunity to restore something that he took.”
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She said she asked the judge and District Attorney to add a mentorship program to the sentence.
“We need to focus on …