Memphis prosecutor who charged Black woman over voting error loses re-election bid

Amy Weirich stirred outrage for bringing criminal charges against Pamela Moses, whose conviction was subsequently overturned

Amy Weirich, the Memphis prosecutor who stirred national outrage for bringing criminal charges against a Black woman for trying to register to vote, has lost her re-election bid.

Weirich, a Republican who has been the district attorney general in Shelby county since 2011, lost to Democrat Steve Mulroy, a law professor at the University of Memphis and a former county commissioner.