Barry County Does Not Just Get Things Wrong. It Controls Whether Getting Things Wrong Is Ever Provable.
Investigative · Barry County Series Barry County Does Not Just Get Things Wrong. It Controls Whether Getting Things Wrong Is…
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.
Barry County Spent Years Blocking a Father Who Said His Kids Were Being Abused. He Was Right.
Update, June 20, 2026 The five children named in the June 18, 2026 emergency protective custody order have been located….
Clutch Connects, Issue 10: Voir Dire, Your Honor
Clutch Connects — Issue 10 Voir Dire, Your Honor Can you find the four hidden connections? One term is a…
What the Camera Did Not Show: D’Wan Sims and the Record That Never Closed
clutch. Forensics · Consulting · Courses · The Lab Rita Ruins Everything · Case Analysis Series Clutch Justice · Calmly…
“Trust Me! I’m a Lawyer!” The Michigan Bar Journal Has No Fact-Checking Requirement, and the Profession Polices Itself About as Well as You’d Expect.
Direct Answer The Michigan Bar Journal does not require primary sourcing. It has no independent fact-checking process. Its submission guidelines…
MDOC’s “Officer of the Year” Finalist Is Charged with Raping a Teen at the Saginaw YMCA He Volunteered At
Clutch Justice | Michigan Corrections Accountability A former Michigan Department of Corrections officer, school security guard, and youth coach faces…
I’ve Been Collecting the Data for Years. Now I’m Making It Count.
Clutch Justice — Announcement By Rita Williams ? June 17, 2026 ? Institutional Accountability · Doctoral Research · Michigan I’ve…
The JTC Used Video to Judge Hartig’s Conduct. Voters Never Could.
The Short Version The Judicial Tenure Commission used courtroom videos to make its case against Judge Kirsten Nielsen Hartig. Those…
Chain of Custody, Issue 02: Digital Evidence
Clutch Justice · Chain of Custody · Wednesday Edition Build The Unbroken Chain. A sequencing puzzle built on real forensic…
The Docket, Issue 11: Campaign Finance Bench Division
The Docket — Issue 11 Campaign Finance, Bench Division Week of June 17, 2025 • Difficulty: Moderate The Scenario Election…
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