Data sources

Every published result must trace back to an acquired source artifact, checksum, normalization step, identity decision, methodology version, and publication receipt.

OFFICIAL_REFERENCE

Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk official website

Owner: Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk

Access: public website

Last verified: 2026-07-11

Automation: REFERENCE_ONLY

Limitations: Reference source; not a case-data feed

OFFICIAL_CASE_PORTAL

Criminal Case Information access

Owner: Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk

Access: official online case information; access method requires verification

Last verified: 2026-07-11

Automation: ACCESS_REVIEW_REQUIRED

Limitations: No automated collection until terms and authorized access are documented

OFFICIAL_RECORDS_REQUEST

Criminal Court Clerk Public Records Request process

Owner: Shelby County Criminal Court Clerk

Access: Tennessee Public Records Act request

Last verified: 2026-07-11

Automation: REQUEST_PACKAGE_READY

Limitations: Response format, fees, exemptions and delivery timing controlled by records custodian

OFFICIAL_REFERENCE

Shelby County Criminal Court official page

Owner: Shelby County Government

Access: public website

Last verified: 2026-07-11

Automation: REFERENCE_ONLY

Limitations: Reference source only

OFFICIAL_JUDGE_REFERENCE

Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts trial judge directory

Owner: Tennessee Administrative Office of the Courts

Access: public website

Last verified: 2026-07-11

Automation: ADAPTER_PLANNED

Limitations: Current directory is not a complete historical assignment ledger

OFFICIAL_ELECTION_REFERENCE

Shelby County Election Commission

Owner: Shelby County Election Commission

Access: public website and official election files

Last verified: 2026-07-11

Automation: PHASE_6_OR_LATER

Limitations: Election source does not replace court assignment evidence

SYNTHETIC_FIXTURE

Synthetic official-format court extract

Owner: CourtScope fixture system

Access: generated test fixture

Last verified: 2026-07-11

Automation: TEST_ONLY

Limitations: Never admissible as evidence or score input

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What is CourtScope?

CourtScope examines many cases to find racial gaps in sentencing outcomes.