Michigan’s MiFile System Fails Court Rules by Design: A Safety and Due Process Audit
Quick Facts: Michigan’s MiFile system was designed to modernize court access. But modernization without safety is not progress. A review…
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.
The GTL Glitch: How MDOC’s Phone Vendor is Violating its $130M State Contract
GTL Prison Phone Failures are Undermining Rehabilitation in Michigan. Here’s the Quick Facts: The call logs are not just heartbreaking.They…
John Reed and HB 4760: Why Eyewitness Misidentification Still Shapes Michigan Policy
Fast Facts: In May 2025, clutch examined the John Reed case, and we answered what went wrong. The more urgent question,…
Procedural Integrity Is the Real Battleground in Michigan Courts
Michigan’s most consequential justice debates are not happening in courtrooms or campaigns. They are happening inside rulemaking dockets. While headlines…
Courtroom Video Transparency Appeal Could Reshape Judicial Accountability in Michigan
Don’t call it a comeback. This appeal is exactly what accountability looks like when it refuses to stay buried. As…
Judge Gadola Takes the Helm of Michigan’s Court of Claims: What His Record Signals for 2026
Judge Gadola Takes the Helm of Michigan’s Court of Claims: What His Record Signals for 2026 This piece was first…
Detroit Judge Andrea Bradley-Baskin Now Federally Charged in Scheme Targeting Vulnerable Adults
In September 2025, Clutch Justice reported that Judge Andrea Bradley-Baskin was under active FBI investigation related to alleged exploitation within…
Is History Repeating at the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission?
It is no surprise that Clutch Justice has been tracking personnel changes and internal dynamics at the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission (JTC)…
Breaking News: Michigan JTC Director Lynn Helland Retiring
Breaking Clutch Justice is first to report this story. The Commission has not issued a public statement. Investigation Clutch Exclusive…
Michigan Supreme Court Remands Another Schipper Upward Departure Sentence for Review
On January 30, 2026, the Michigan Supreme Court issued a narrowly tailored but consequential order in People v. Scott Michael Lupu, remanding key…
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