The 2026 Clutch Blanket Mystery, Week 12: The Coffee Ring Square
A routing slip stamped on a Saturday the office was closed, marked with the most beloved stain in investigative work….
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.
Trial by Mechanism, Part VII: The Courtroom Nobody Could See
Trial by Mechanism · Part VII of VIII The Courtroom Nobody Could See Six installments examined a charging mechanism that…
Michigan Perfected Swift and Sure Justice. It Won’t Use It on Judges.
Direct Answer Michigan already knows how to build a deterrence system around speed and certainty rather than severity. It uses…
Tom Siver Asked a Judge to Seal His Divorce Because He Might Run for Office Again. The Judge Said No.
Investigation The 57th District Court candidate told an Ottawa County judge his divorce file should be hidden in case he…
Allegan County Called Christopher Fitzhugh’s Accommodation Impossible. His Guardian Found It in Benton Harbor.
Investigation The court was told a cognitive interpreter for Christopher Fitzhugh could not be provided. According to the victim’s son,…
Who Had Access to Whom? The Oakland County Child Killer Case and the Same Names in Different Chairs
The Machinery · The Oakland County Child Killer Investigation After 1977 Part I: Who Controlled the Information Part II: Who…
Clutch Justice Is Building The Accountability Network. Here Is Where You Fit.
Announcement Four roles. No writing, no admin, no minimum hours. Just more eyes on the record, in more courtrooms and…
Not Involved: What Michigan’s Mandatory Bar Fee Actually Buys
Analysis The State Bar of Michigan has no role in attorney discipline, by its own account. It doesn’t have the…
The Mailer Attacking Judge Chris Burnett Lists the Same PO Box as Casandra Morse-Bills’s Supreme Court Campaign
Investigation The Committee for Good Judges mailer attacking Judge Christopher Burnett carries no paid-for-by statement. Its return address is the…
The Nicholson Case File: The Expert Never Heard, and Who Gets the Benefit of Complexity
A disputed forensic record, an uncalled mental-state expert, and a life sentence. The conversation surrounding Lindsay Clancy makes an older…
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