Five Corporate Cover-Ups Later Confirmed by the Companies’ Own Documents
Investigation Part 2 of 2: five corporate programs publicly denied for years, then confirmed by the same companies’ internal memos,…
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.
I Can Build a Misconduct Report in Three Days. Michigan’s Oversight System Still Takes Years.
Direct Answer Michigan already has the court data, appellate opinions, transcripts, and case histories needed to spot patterns of judicial…
Seventy Percent: ONE Visiting Judge Received Most of the 38th District Court’s Visiting-Judge Money.
Investigation Records from Judge Kathleen Galen’s 38th District Court show one visiting judge receiving 70 percent of every visiting-judge dollar…
Clutch Justice Weekly, Issue 027: A Residency Lawsuit That Never Reached the Residency Question
Clutch Justice Weekly · Issue 027 James Galen Jr., the brother of 38th District Court Judge Kathleen Galen, and co-plaintiff…
New Business Cards, Same Courthouse: Another APA Joins Barry County’s Public Defender’s Office
Investigation & Analysis New Business Cards, Same Courthouse: Another APA Joins Barry County’s Public Defender’s Office Alexandra Steele Rouse joins…
Five Conspiracy Theories the Government Later Confirmed Were True
Investigation Part 1 of 2: five federal programs that were publicly dismissed as fringe theory, then confirmed by the government’s…
A Residency Question for Eastpointe Magistrate Mark Makoski, or The Tale of Two Very Different Water Records
Clutch Justice · Investigation A Residency Question for Eastpointe’s Magistrate, or The Tale of Two Very Different Water Records A…
Broken Play: Ray Rice and What the NFL Says It Never Saw
Broken Play · Case No. 02 The NFL suspended Ray Rice two games with one video in hand. It suspended…
The Wanderer Has a Name: What the Betkouski Identification Does and Does Not Prove About the Tylenol Murders
Investigation Forty-four years after a stranger died of cyanide poisoning inside a Boise church, DNA and an engraved key ring…
Glass Houses: The Public Record of James L. Galen Jr.
Investigation Glass Houses James L. Galen Jr., the Clinton Township defense attorney who helped bring the residency suit against his…
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