The tools. The records. The case, documented.
A public prosecutorial accountability database, sourced case libraries, reference timelines, investigative apps in development, a free crochet along, and a volunteer network, all built on Clutch Justice investigative methodology. The guides and templates come with Clutch Confidential, or you can shop them one at a time.
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The Clutch Justice Shop
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- Evidence preservation, FOIA, court records, and police report guides
- Wrongful conviction and cold case gap analysis tools
- Institutional misconduct and judicial accountability toolkits
- Crochet pattern Full Editions
Instant PDF downloads. Michigan-specific where it matters.
Evidence disappears in the first 24 hours.
Most people lose that window without knowing they had it.
Evidence Preservation Emergency Checklist
Five sections. One page. What to document, secure, and protect in the first 24 hours of any legal situation, plus the six mistakes that destroy cases before they start.
The 30-Day Protocol and More
Week-by-week preservation steps, fillable templates, and attorney consultation prep are in the shop, and included with Clutch Confidential.
The Michigan Brady-Giglio-Santobello List
Most Brady lists track police credibility. This one tracks the prosecutors: known and alleged disclosure failures, impeachment-evidence problems, and broken plea agreements in Michigan criminal cases.
Brady, Giglio, Santobello Database
An ongoing public accountability resource organized around the three Supreme Court decisions that define a prosecutor’s core obligations to the defense.
- Brady: suppression of evidence favorable to the accused
- Giglio: undisclosed deals and credibility information about government witnesses
- Santobello: plea agreements the prosecution did not honor
What It Is, Why It Exists, and How You Can Contribute
How entries are sourced, how alleged and documented conduct are distinguished, how to submit records, and how to take part in the doctoral research behind the list.
All entries reflect the public record. Conduct is noted as alleged or documented; no formal adjudication of prosecutorial misconduct is implied unless specifically stated.
One clean record for every case.
Interactive timelines, structured Who’s Who references, annotated reading lists, and maps where the case calls for one. Every evidentiary claim is sourced to a named document, outlet, or public record.
Lansing River Trail Deaths
Five unhoused men found along the Lansing River Trail in eleven months, one death never announced, and the question of a connection raised first by a victim’s family.
Open Library ?OCCK & North Fox Island
The Oakland County Child Killer investigation and the North Fox Island operation, mapped together across five decades of documented overlap.
Open Library ?Erik Cross
The 1983 Vicksburg murder: four prosecutorial declinations, five people named in a 2017 sheriff’s referral, and zero charges filed.
Open Library ?The Michigan Murders
The 1967 to 1969 Washtenaw County murders, the forensic science behind the Collins conviction, and the six cases the institutional record never closed.
Open Library ?Ambrose Sullivan
The 2016 hit-and-run death, the charge that was filed and the ones that were not, and the documented financial network around the defendant’s family.
Open Library ?Joey Nagle
The 2022 officer-involved shooting death of Joseph “Joey” Nagle, the missing body-camera record, and the investigating detective’s documented history.
Open Library ?Israel Keyes
An Anchorage contractor who killed across the country for more than a decade without being linked to a single crime, and died in an Alaska jail before trial. The FBI believes 11 homicides; at least seven victims remain unidentified.
Open Library ?After the Diary
Every case Michelle McNamara wrote about on True Crime Diary that this series revisits: what she reported, what has happened since, and how well each fact has been verified. Filter by solved, partly resolved, or unsolved, from Kathleen Lombardo to the Golden State Killer finale.
Open Library ?After the Diary is an independent Clutch Justice project, not affiliated with or authorized by the estate of Michelle McNamara, Patton Oswalt, HBO, or the publishers of I’ll Be Gone in the Dark. Individuals named as suspects, subjects, or persons of interest have not been convicted of the conduct under investigation unless a conviction is specifically documented, and are entitled to the presumption of innocence. These are research references, not legal findings.
How the doctrine got here, one decision at a time.
Interactive, sourced chronologies of the legal rules that decide whether accountability is even possible.
The Qualified Immunity Timeline
Congress never passed qualified immunity. The courts built it. This timeline traces the doctrine from the 1871 civil rights statute that became Section 1983, through the Supreme Court decisions that created and expanded it, to the state-level reform fights happening now.
Section 1983 · Supreme Court · Reform
From research skills to investigative tools.
The Field Kit helps you learn how to investigate. Clutch Apps puts those skills into practice, with three tools that each do one job well.
Clutch Beagle
Start with a question, follow connections, and uncover leads worth investigating. An AI-assisted discovery engine for the first stage of research.
Explore Development ?Clutch Intel
Organize evidence, assess assertions, track records requests, and build structured investigations. The private workspace behind Clutch Justice reporting.
Submit a Tip ? · Learn More ?Clutch CourtWatch
Document courtroom proceedings, coordinate observations, and contribute to accountable court systems, with observations, findings, and allegations kept separate.
Learn More ?Evidence you can hold.
Justice-themed crochet patterns with every stitch count audited before publication. Free base patterns live on the blog; Full Editions with the charts, size math, and audit tables are in the shop.
The 2026 Clutch Blanket Mystery
Twenty free squares. Twenty Saturdays, August 1 through December 12, 2026. One serialized fictional mystery, The Harlow County File, solved one document at a time. By December, it’s one finished blanket: The Clutch Justice Investigation Blanket™.
- All 20 weekly 8-inch square patterns
- All 20 chapters of The Harlow County File
- The free Mystery Notebook and materials guide
- Certified Clutch Investigator certificate at completion
The Pattern Shelf
The Crime Scene Tape Scarf, the Clutch Cuties mascots, the Evidence Bag Pouch, the Amigurumi Gavel, and the rest of the line. Read the free versions on the blog, or get the Full Editions in the shop. The Investigation Blanket™ Complete Edition arrives week 20.
The Harlow County File is a work of serialized fiction. Harlow County, its offices, and every person and case in it are invented, and the story is not based on any real case Clutch Justice has reported on. Finished items from any pattern may be sold; the patterns themselves may not be republished or resold.
Help hold Michigan’s justice system to its own record.
A network of researchers, court observers, records hunters, and community connectors extending independent accountability reporting into places one investigator cannot reach alone. Founding cohort applications are open now.
Research & Investigations
Public-source research, case timelines, document review, and flagging discrepancies.
CourtWatch & Judicial Accountability
Attend public proceedings, document courtroom observations, and monitor dockets.
FOIA & Public Records
Identify custodians, assist with requests, track deadlines, and review responses.
Communications, Outreach & Partnerships
Community engagement, partner relationships, and approved outreach.
Apply to the Network
A ten-minute application, a follow-up conversation, then defined assignments with clear scope and a point of contact. Volunteers earn network titles, verified service hours, and reference letters.
Academic Practicum Partners
Supervised, unpaid practicum and internship placements for students in criminal justice, human services, social work, journalism, public administration, paralegal studies, and pre-law.
Network roles are unpaid and do not include writing or editorial work. All editorial authority, investigative direction, and publication decisions remain with Clutch Justice leadership.
When your team needs the record read, or the workflow built.
Custom workflow app development and investigative research for professional teams, with a defined scope, a clear price, and a documented deliverable for every engagement.
Research & Workflow Services
- Custom internal workflow apps, from prototype to operational build
- Investigative research sprints, intelligence briefs, and deep research projects
- Podcast, documentary, and pre-publication record review
- Internal affairs, policy, judicial, and institutional analysis
- Custom research libraries and document tracking tools
Professional Teams & Organizations
Small law firms, investigators, newsrooms, nonprofits, advocacy organizations, consultants, and media producers. Fit, conflicts, scope, deliverables, and price are confirmed in writing before any work begins.
Describe the problem in your first email. Please do not attach confidential records.
Find your way in.
In a legal situation right now
Download the free Evidence Preservation Checklist. For the full 30-day system, join or shop.
Concerned about a prosecutor
Check the free Brady-Giglio-Santobello Database. The misconduct tracking toolkit is in the shop and included with membership.
Following a specific case
See whether it has a Case Library: sourced timelines, Who’s Who references, maps, and reading lists, all free.
Want the Weekly and every guide
Clutch Confidential includes Clutch Justice Weekly and the whole Field Kit for $10 a month.
Want to help
Apply to The Accountability Network, or share the shop through the affiliate program.
Curious about the tech
See what Clutch is building on the Clutch Apps page: Beagle, Intel, and CourtWatch.
Here for the yarn
Join the free Detective Club. Every past week stays free, so you can start from Week 01 anytime.
Need professional research or a workflow app
Teams and organizations can find priced engagements in the Services Guide, or email hello@clutchjustice.com.
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