MIDC Closed a Barry County Complaint. The Auditor General May Disagree.
Investigation The Auditor General wants to know if Michigan’s indigent defense commission can catch a broken complaint process. A Barry…
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.
The Green River Killer Wasn’t Caught by Better Science. He Was Caught After a Lab Fixed its Own Twenty-Year Mistake
The official story says DNA technology finally caught up to Gary Ridgway in 2001. The investigative record says a trace-evidence…
Any County, No Notice: The Venue Gap in Michigan’s Personal Protection Order System
Michigan allows a personal protection order petition against an adult respondent to be filed in any of the state’s 83…
The Brass Magnifying Glass: A Clutch Justice Crochet Pattern
Direct Answer This is a free amigurumi crochet pattern for the brass magnifying glass from the Clutch Justice flatlays: a…
The Somerton Man Mystery: Espionage and Institutional Silence
Rita Ruins Everything On December 1, 1948, a man in a pressed suit was found dead on Somerton Beach, a…
The Proof of Service Nobody Checked
Appellate Accountability The Proof of Service Nobody Checked How a filing requirement starts an appeal clock, what happens when no…
Livingston County Judge Pulled From Juvenile Cases: The Fourth Michigan Judge Sidelined Since 2024
Analysis Chief Judge Matthew McGivney pulled Susan Longsworth off cases involving minors after complaints of bias, five months after a…
The Association That Polices Itself: A Documented Accountability Record of PAAM’s Leadership
Disclaimer and Disclosure All disciplinary proceedings, charges, and grievance matters described herein are characterized in accordance with their documented status….
The Jail Phone Doesn’t Forget: Five Cases Where Recorded Calls Exposed a Conspiracy
Direct answer: Recorded jail phone calls have become one of the most reliable ways prosecutors catch conspiracies that started behind…
Two Reporters Broke the Leopold and Loeb Case Before Police Did. Then a Judge Had No Rulebook for What Happened Next.
The question is not whether Leopold and Loeb were guilty. Two rookie newspaper reporters proved that before the state’s own…
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