The West Memphis Three Case Had An Occult Expert. His Doctorate Came From An Unaccredited Correspondence School.
The West Memphis Three are usually remembered as a story about small-town paranoia. The specific institutional record is sharper than…
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 Endorsement Wasn’t the Problem. The Letterhead Was.
Judicial Accountability Two Oakland County district judges endorsed a Macomb County circuit court candidate on official court stationery. Michigan’s own…
When the Survivor Is the Defendant: Michigan’s Missing Framework for Criminalized Survivors
A free national technical assistance center exists because defense teams routinely do not know how to litigate abuse history. Michigan…
Bad Science, Part V: Bite Marks, and the One Time the System Worked
Bad Science · Part V of VIII Bite Marks: The One Time the System Worked Bite mark comparison rested on…
The Vendor Accountability Gap: What Michigan’s $9 Million Transparency Failure Reveals About Government IT
Investigation Michigan paid roughly $9 million for a transparency system that could not display lobbyist spending. Three states away, the…
The Access Judge: What Macomb County’s Published Courtroom Policy Costs a Self-Represented Litigant
The Short Version Before she took the bench in January 2026, Judge Tanya A. Grillo spent years implementing Michigan’s indigent…
The Colonial Parkway Murders: What the DNA Actually Solved, and What It Didn’t
Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. died in Lancaster County, Virginia, in 2017. It took a multi-agency task force, a federal sexual…
Bruiser Brody and the Trial the Promotion Controlled: Kayfabe and Casefiles, No. 02
Investigation · True Crime Kayfabe and Casefiles: Installment 02 A wrestler was stabbed to death by a coworker inside the…
ADA Accommodations in Court: What Complex PTSD and Stalking Survivors Need to Know
What the law actually requires when trauma, stalking, and the demands of a courtroom collide, and where the ADA stops…
The Allegan County GOP Endorsed Tom Siver for a Nonpartisan Bench. Its Own Delegates Had Already Voted No.
Clutch Exclusive · Michigan Accountability Series This piece follows Kent County Terminated Thomas Siver’s Indigent Defense Contracts for Cause. He…
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