Less Dead: The Investigative Response Gap for Sex Worker Homicides and the Documented System Behind It
Direct Answer Between 17 and 22 percent of documented serial murder victims in the United States are sex workers, a…
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.
When Can I Go Home: Nathaniel Abraham, Michigan’s Adult Prosecution Law, and the System That Produced Exactly What It Built
Direct Answer On October 29, 1997, Nathaniel Abraham was eleven years old and firing a .22 caliber rifle in the…
Prosecutors and Judges Filled Michigan’s Prisons. St. Louis Correctional Facility Is Where the Bill Comes Due.
Direct Answer Corrections officer assaults are spiking at St. Louis Correctional Facility in Gratiot County. The warden has been reassigned…
The Desk Pair: An Espresso Cup and Sticky Notes Crochet Pattern
Direct Answer This is a free crochet pattern for the last two props on the Clutch Justice desk: a plush…
The Walter Collins Kidnapping Case: LAPD and Institutional Failure
Rita Ruins Everything On March 10, 1928, nine-year-old Walter Collins left his home in Lincoln Heights, Los Angeles, with a…
The Escort Gap: Selective Enforcement and Why Some Get Protected, Others Wait
Investigation Editorial Transparency: This piece includes first-person reporting on the author’s own active personal protection order matter. The respondent’s identity…
The 1931 William Wallace Case was a Warning about Suspicion Masquerading as Proof.
The Wallace case is usually treated as a puzzle. For case-integrity work, the more useful question is how a death…
The Camera Was Already Inside: Aiyana Stanley-Jones, The First 48, and Three Institutions That Walked Away Clean
Direct Answer Aiyana Mo’Nay Stanley-Jones was seven years old and asleep on a living room couch in Detroit’s east side…
One Felony, $125 Fine: Michigan’s Two-Tier Justice System Rescues Heather Lombardini
Heather Lombardini faced a 14-year felony and three misdemeanors for the false affidavit and paperwork failures behind Michigan’s dark money…
Clutch Justice Turns Four: The Record, the Wins, What’s Next
Four years, one appellate order, and the work that got us here. Direct Answer Clutch Justice turns four on August…
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