The Family Repair Fund: A Blueprint for Making Judicial Misconduct Cost Something
When a judge or a prosecutor’s documented misconduct destroys a family, the only people who pay right now are the…
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.
Strict Compliance, No Exceptions: Court of Appeals Keeps Judge Namita Sharma Off the November Ballot
Judicial Accountability · Ballot Access Direct Answer On August 13, 2026, a three judge panel of the Michigan Court of…
The JTC annual report (Rita’s version): Who actually did what in 2023, 2024, and 2025
What You Need To Know The Commission published the anonymous version. This is Rita’s Version. Every year Michigan’s Judicial Tenure…
Clutch Justice Weekly, Issue 021: Everyone Appeals Judge Michael Schipper’s Decisions. He Said So Himself, From the Bench.
The Clutch Justice Weekly briefing for Issue 021: one week in a Barry County courtroom, a Sunday teaser, the Detective…
Chris Benoit and Wrestling’s Missing Regulator: Kayfabe and Casefiles, No. 01
Investigation · True Crime Kayfabe and Casefiles: Installment 01 Three institutions had jurisdiction over pieces of what happened in a…
Newsflash: There Is Nothing Conservative About a $49,290 Prison Bed
If limited government, fiscal discipline, work, personal responsibility and strong families are Republican values, America’s addiction to incarceration deserves a…
The FBI Had Hugh Hefner’s Epstein Tip in 2005. It Took Fifteen Years to Act.
A newly surfaced federal complaint puts a number on institutional failure: fifteen years between a credible tip and any follow-up….
Lindsay Clancy Didn’t Need an Audience. She Needed Help.
Editorial Note This is a follow-up to Clutch Justice’s first piece on the Lindsay Clancy trial, which examined why an…
The 2026 Clutch Blanket Mystery, Week 03: The Red String Knot Square
The string will not lie flat. That is the whole chapter, and it is also the whole square: the easiest…
Luigi Mangione Pled Guilty. The Fair Trial Question Just Moved.
What This Is About Luigi Mangione pled guilty Friday to federal stalking charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian…
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