The Analyst’s Cut: Worst Neighbor Ever Gets Investigated
The Analyst’s Cut · Episode 04 Five people tied to one explosion. Two of them were convicted of murder without…
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 2026 Clutch Blanket Mystery, Week 05: The Camera Square
Some evidence has to be taken before it can be trusted. This week’s square is the instrument for taking it:…
Albert DeSalvo Confessed to 13 murders. He Was Convicted of Zero of Them
Boston breathed a sigh of relief in 1965 when Albert DeSalvo confessed to thirteen stranglings. The relief was never tested…
Barry and Calhoun County Jailed a Documented Diabetic With an Open Wound. He’s Now in the Hospital With Sepsis.
EDITORIAL TRANSPARENCY. I disclosed my own history with Barry County’s court system in the original investigation into this case, published…
Allegan County GOP Reverses Siver Judicial Endorsement 12-4 as Former Employees Detail New Allegations
Investigation The committee’s reversal came the same night former employees went on the record about a pattern of cash handling,…
Exhibit WTF, Case No. 01: The High School Dropout Who Performed Real Combat Surgery Under a Stolen Name
Exhibit WTF · Case No. 01 Ferdinand Waldo Demara never finished high school. He also ran a maximum security prison…
The Analyst’s Cut: Death of the Pastor’s Wife Gets Investigated
The Analyst’s Cut · Episode 03 Death of the Pastor’s Wife · Netflix · 3 episodes · premiered August 26,…
Norway Closed The Isdal Woman’s Case as Suicide Before the Autopsy Was Even Finished.
A woman burned in a remote Norwegian valley, fingerprints deliberately removed, at least eight false identities behind her. Bergen police…
Kalamazoo County Wants Two More Judges. It Hasn’t Answered for What’s Already Wrong Inside Family Court.
Michigan’s own data says Kalamazoo County’s courts are running at 119 percent of capacity, and the state’s fix has sat…
A Warren Judge Was Charged With “Super Drunk” Driving. He’s Still on the Bench.
Investigation Chief Judge John Chmura faces a high-BAC OWI charge months after allegedly rear-ending a public bus. He is still…
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