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…
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.
Christopher Popps is accused of shooting a coworker outside Fairbanks in 1993, then living free for three decades. He was…
Direct Answer American Indian and Alaska Native women are 2.5 times more likely to experience violent crimes than the general…
Personal Essay Ahead of a hearing where I’m being blamed for content I never posted, while the man who targeted…
Civil Rights · Analysis In a 6-1 decision, the Michigan Supreme Court threw out a Detroit murder confession after police…
Direct Answer Miller v. Alabama (2012) held that mandatory life without parole sentences for juveniles violate the Eighth Amendment. Montgomery…
Court Literacy What the process actually requires, who carries the burden of proof, and what to do when a court…
The Clutch Justice Weekly briefing for Issue 017: an eleven-year-old, a law with no minimum age, and a prosecutor who…
Direct Answer Between 17 and 22 percent of documented serial murder victims in the United States are sex workers, a…
Direct Answer On October 29, 1997, Nathaniel Abraham was eleven years old and firing a .22 caliber rifle in the…
Direct Answer Corrections officer assaults are spiking at St. Louis Correctional Facility in Gratiot County. The warden has been reassigned…
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