The Hidden Cost of Going to Court: Introducing the Clutch Justice Court Harm Index
Investigation · New Initiative Michigan’s courts record every filing, charge, and sentence. Nobody records the drive, the wait, the lost…
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.
She Called 911. They Never Opened the Door.
In April 1987, a Chicago grandmother told 911 that someone was coming through her bathroom medicine cabinet. Police came, knocked,…
#ReadWithClutch: Convicting the Innocent by Brandon L. Garrett
#ReadWithClutch · Book Review Direct Answer Convicting the Innocent, by law professor Brandon L. Garrett, is what happens when someone…
The Interlochen Question: What Connects North Fox Island to Michigan’s Most Famous Arts Campus
Fled, Not Gone · Francis Shelden After North Fox Island Part I: The Paper Trail Part II: The Trustee and…
Melissa Smith’s Killer Couldn’t Remember Her. Her Evidence Never Forgot.
Beyond Michigan · Cold Case Closed Melissa Ann Smith was 17 when she left a Midvale pizza parlor in October…
The Howard Christensen Nature Center Demolition Was Scheduled Before the Kent ISD Board Voted
Update · Howard Christensen Nature Center A state filing shows the demolition contractor booked a November 2 start four days…
Morgan County Jane Doe Has Had a DNA Profile Since 2007. She Still Does Not Have a Name.
Beyond Michigan · Unidentified Remains A red-haired woman was strangled and left below a West Virginia lovers’ lane in 1950….
The Money: How Francis Shelden’s Fortune Moved Through Hong Kong, Liechtenstein, and Wall Street
Fled, Not Gone · Francis Shelden After North Fox Island Part I: The Paper Trail Part II: The Trustee and…
Litigation Schemes 101: How to Spot the Playbook and Protect Yourself
Field Guide Most lawyers are not running schemes. The ones who are tend to use the same handful of moves,…
Broken Play: The Committee Chaired by a Rheumatologist
Broken Play · Case No. 04 The body responsible for researching brain trauma inside the NFL was run for over…
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