Clutch Justice Weekly 018: MSC Rules Police Can’t Trick You Out of a Lawyer
The Clutch Justice Weekly briefing for Issue 018: a 6-1 ruling, two new attorney discipline notices, and one week until…
Rita Williams
Rita Williams is a Michigan-based judicial oversight analyst and founder of Clutch Justice, an investigative platform focused on court system accountability, sentencing integrity, and SCAO policy. Her work examines how courts, policies, and administrative systems operate in practice, with a focus on where process breaks down and harm is created. Drawing on lived experience and systems-level analysis, she writes to make legal structures more readable, expose institutional gaps, and advocate for reforms grounded in both evidence and human impact. Rita’s writing bridges legal analysis, institutional critique, and public education, with a consistent focus on accountability without losing sight of the people most affected by the justice system.
Michigan Audited Its Prison Arsenals for Fifteen Years. It Still Cannot Say What Is Missing.
Between 2010 and 2025 the Michigan Office of the Auditor General published eleven facility-level examinations of prison safety and security….
The Shark Arm Case: How a Severed Arm, a Dead Witness, and a Destroyed Shark Became One of History’s Biggest Evidence Failures
The shark made the case famous. The justice system made it unresolved. The arm proved that James Smith had likely…
The JTC Will Livestream Hartig’s Hearing. It Still Won’t Release the Video That Built the Case.
JTC Case Update Oral argument in Formal Complaint No. 109 is set for October 5, 2026. The Neutral found two…
The Isdal Woman: Closed Before the Autopsy | Clutch Justice
A woman burned in a remote Norwegian valley, fingerprints deliberately removed, at least eight false identities behind her. Bergen police…
The Long Island Serial Killer: The Paperwork That Protected the Police Chief
Rita Ruins Everything · All Cases Watcher House Circleville Letters Tylenol Murders Elisa Lam Keddie Cabin Calls from the Grave…
The Prosecutor Left the Table for His Uncle: A New Ethics Complaint Against Alger County Prosecutor Robert Steinhoff.
A gun rights restoration hearing, a vacant prosecutor’s chair, and the second formal accountability question raised against an Alger County…
No Heir, No Adversary: The Structural Conflict Built Into Michigan’s Public Administrator System
Direct Answer In Michigan, when someone dies without known heirs, a private attorney is appointed by the probate court to…
The Show Was Already Running: Reality Television, Law Enforcement Partnerships, and the Accountability Structure Nobody Negotiated
Direct Answer Police reality television is a public relations arrangement. Law enforcement agencies grant production companies access to officers, operations,…
The Confession No One Asked For: Inside the Alaska Cold Case That Ended in a Battle Creek, Michigan Arrest
Christopher Popps is accused of shooting a coworker outside Fairbanks in 1993, then living free for three decades. He was…
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