DAG Hosts Event for 2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week

District Attorney General Charme Allen and her office hosted a kick-off event for the 2023 National Crime Victims’ Rights Week...
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2023 High School Job Shadow Application and Dates Announced

The High School Job Shadow program offers students a front-row seat to the prosecutor’s role in the criminal justice system....
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District Attorneys Announce 313 Initiative

Several District Attorneys General for East Tennessee announced a new joint initiative focused on disrupting the drug trafficking pipeline between...
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DAG Charme Allen is sworn in to office for a second term

Thank you, Knox County, for electing me to serve as your District Attorney General for a second term.  I am...
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District Attorney Allen Releases 2021 Fatal Overdose Victims and the Criminal Justice System Report

At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, we quickly began to see a turn for the worse in the number...
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2021 Year in Review Report

Last year was challenging in many ways for our community
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Mayor Jacobs and District Attorney General Allen Announce Appointments to the Knox County Domestic Abuse Death Review Team

District Attorney General Charme Allen appointed the following members to the Domestic Abuse Death Review Team with the approval of...
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Knox County District Attorney General Charme Allen launches podcast series, Generally Speaking

First episode drops November 8 with trailer available now
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NOTIFICATION: Expungement Screening will be closed on the following dates: June 19, June 29, July 3, August 7,  and August 10.

General Charme P. Allen

District Attorney General: Charme P. Allen

The Office of the District Attorney General for the 6th Judicial District represents the people of the State of Tennessee in all criminal cases that occur within Knox County. The mission of the Office is to pursue the guilty and protect the innocent.

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Assistant District Attorneys
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Victim Witness Coordinators
3
Criminal Investigators
9
Special Prosecution Units
4000+
Victims Served Each Year

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