Barksdale earns national award for prosecution

DISTRICT ATTORNEY

T. Wright Barksdale III recently returned from Pasadena, Calif., after receiving a national award for Outstanding Advocacy in Capital and Complex Homicide Cases for 2022-23.

The award was presented Aug. 9 by the Association of Government Attorneys in Capital Litigation during the organization’s annual conference.

Barksdale was nominated for the award by Sheila Ross, director of capital litigation fo…