Attorney Erick C. Rakoczy Suspended for 30 Days by Consent Following Criminal Conviction
Case Information Quick Facts Discipline Summary The Attorney Discipline Board ordered the 30-day suspension of Erik C. Rakoczy’s Michigan law license following…
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.
Access to Justice: What It Actually Means, and Why the System Keeps Getting It Wrong
What Access to Justice Is Supposed to Mean In theory, access to justice is simple. If your rights are violated,…
The Supreme Court Blackout: Why Michigan Abandons the Incarcerated at the Finish Line
In Michigan, we like to talk about “Access to Justice” as if it’s a constant. We have the State Appellate…
When a Court Stamp Disappears: Why White-Out on a Barry County Motion Undermines Justice
Updated March 26, 2026 The supervision referenced in this coverage has been terminated. The SCAO investigation into court record tampering…
Deliberate Indifference in Probation Supervision: When Officers Ignore Harassment and False Reporting
Deliberate Indifference in Probation Supervision When Officers Know — and Do Nothing Probation is often framed as supervision. Monitoring. Accountability….
When Is a Judge Unfit? Michigan JTC Discipline and the Cognitive Decline Question
The Current Case According to reporting by the Detroit Free Press, the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission has asked the Michigan Supreme…
How a Michigan Supreme Court Remand Reveals the Power of Appellate Strategy
About a year and a half ago, I helped advance a criminal appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court. It is…
AI Hallucination Lawsuits: Legal Risks, Mental Health Harm, and What Users Can Do
It’s an AI Lovestory, Baby Just Say “Yes” It’s Valentine’s Day, and of course, nothing says romance quite like “AI-induced…
Google Dorking Explained: How Advanced Search Operators Expose Public Records, Court Filings, and Oversight Gaps
What Is Google Dorking, Really? Google Dorking sounds like something a 2003 hacker would brag about in a basement. I…
The Keddie Cabin Murders: How Investigative Failure Became Folklore
Rita Ruins Everything Case No. 04 · The Keddie Cabin Murders The Keddie Cabin Murders Were Not Baffling. They Were…
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