Her Magistrate, Her Brother, the Court Officer’s Household: Who Paid for Judge Kathleen Galen’s Re-Election
Investigation Judge Kathleen Galen’s committee told the state in 2020 it would not raise or spend more than $1,000 an…
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.
Tom Siver Lent His Own Campaign $113,200. One Consultant Got Most of the Money.
Investigation The first itemized filing from Tom Siver’s 57th District Court campaign is in. Nearly 90 cents of every dollar…
Fact by Repetition: What Everyone Knows About the Oakland County Child Killer Case, Checked Against the Record
The Machinery · The Oakland County Child Killer Investigation After 1977 Part I: Who Controlled the Information Part II: Who…
The 2026 Clutch Blanket Mystery, Week 13: The Striped Notebook Square
Walt Brey, 81, kept every bench notebook he ever filled. His entry for the consolidation weekend runs four lines, and…
Judge Kathleen Galen Viewed a Defendant’s Facebook Stories Twice. The Defendant Wants Her Off the Case.
Investigation She survived being shot eight times. She told the court she has a brain injury. Now she says her…
Trial by Mechanism, Part VIII: What Would Have to Change
Trial by Mechanism · Part VIII of VIII What Would Have to Change Seven installments produced one finding, and it…
Kent ISD Promised “Indefinitely.” The Deed Says 10 Years. The Buyer’s Board Has Meijer’s Old Development Lawyer.
Update · Howard Christensen Nature Center The board approved demolition October 19. The next day it told the public the…
The Trustee and the Pen Name: Edward Brongersma, “Frank Torey,” and Francis Shelden in Amsterdam
Fled, Not Gone · Francis Shelden After North Fox Island Part I: The Paper Trail Part II: The Trustee and…
Not at the Keys: Why the Murder Weapon Story in Sigrid Stevenson’s Case Doesn’t Fit the Scene
For nearly fifty years, the story has been that Sigrid Stevenson was struck down at the piano with a board,…
Charged, Not Convicted, Still Practicing: The Grand Rapids Attorney Case and Michigan’s Discipline Gap
A Grand Rapids defense attorney who takes publicly funded appointed cases is charged with secretly recording a minor in a…
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