The Relationship Defense on Trial: Credibility, Cross-Examination, and the Gig Economy’s Safety Gap
A Tampa jury convicted Joseph Killins on all counts in under 30 minutes, rejecting the relationship defense he offered from…
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.
Wayne Williams Was Convicted of Two Murders. Police Closed 22 More By Announcement, Not Trial.
Wayne Williams was tried, convicted, and sentenced for two murders. The other roughly 22 killings attributed to him were closed…
Everyone Appeals Judge Michael Schipper’s Decisions. He Said So Himself, From the Bench.
A one week span in Barry County’s Fifth Circuit Court, from a Supreme Court order in one case to a…
DNA Cleared the Central Park Five Before Their Trial Even Started. Prosecutors Tried Them Anyway.
The Central Park Jogger case is usually remembered as a story about coerced confessions. The narrower, more specific failure is…
#ReadWithClutch: Becoming Abolitionists by Derecka Purnell
#ReadWithClutch · Book Review Direct Answer Becoming Abolitionists, by human rights lawyer Derecka Purnell, is written by someone who practiced…
Lindsay Clancy Trial: Why a Jury Can’t Diagnose Psychosis
Editorial Note Lindsay Clancy’s murder trial is ongoing in Plymouth County Superior Court. Every claim about her mental state described…
Field Kit: 72 Hour Pay What You Can Sale
Clutch Justice · The Field Kit · 72 Hours Only Pay What You Can. Use What You Need. For 72…
The Zodiac Killer walked past two patrol officers minutes after his last murder. A radio dispatch error is why they let him keep walking.
The Zodiac case is usually treated as a code, a suspect list, or a pop-culture puzzle. The single most consequential…
Barry County’s Sentencing Math has a Familiar Problem: The Facts Keep Getting Stretched
A defendant who never received a trial is reportedly facing 40 to 60 months in prison. As Barry County prepares…
The Discredited, Part III: Fire, and the Indicators That Were Never Indicators
Bad Science · Part III of VIII Fire: The Indicators That Were Never Indicators For most of a century, arson…
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