The Win-at-All-Costs Era: Detective Dave Vincent, the Dennis Salerno Case, and the Cost of East Lansing’s Status Quo
Direct Answer For many people in Ingham County, East Lansing reads as a vibrant college town — a place of…
Conviction Over Truth: Detective Misconduct, the Claude McCollum Case, and the Culture of Immunity in Ingham County
Direct Answer Detectives are the architects of the state’s case. When they cut corners, lean on the vulnerable, or ignore…
A Second Look at Justice: Why Life Without Parole May Violate the Constitution Michigan Helped Build
Direct Answer Writing about Life Without Parole requires us to look past the cold numbers of a case file and…
Death by Incarceration: How Prison Sentences Are Quietly Depleting Human Life
Direct Answer Recent data from the NIH and the Prison Policy Initiative reveals a sobering reality: incarceration acts as a…
The “Twinkie Defense” Explained: The Dan White Trial, Diet, and the Science of Food and Behavior
Key Points The Myth The “Twinkie Defense” never argued that junk food caused two murders. Dan White’s attorneys used his…
The Hidden Prison Economy: How Phone Calls, Tablets, and Commissary Cost Michigan Families Millions
Private vendors operating inside Michigan prisons extract significant revenue from incarcerated people and their families through digital communication fees, phone…
Justice by Geography: Why a Michigan County Line Can Determine Your Freedom
Michigan’s sentencing guidelines became advisory rather than mandatory following People v. Lockridge, 498 Mich. 358 (2015). The result is measurable…
The MDOC Black Box: Why Michigan Needs Independent Oversight of the MDOC
Michigan’s Department of Corrections manages a roughly $2 billion annual budget and the custody of more than 32,000 incarcerated people….
Strain Theory Explained: How Social Pressure Can Lead to Crime
Strain Theory suggests that when people cannot achieve what society tells them they should want through legitimate means, they experience…
The Hidden Cost of Life Without Parole in Michigan
Imagine we’re all sitting down together, looking at the family budget for Michigan. We want our money to go to…
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