The Access Judge: What Macomb County’s Published Courtroom Policy Costs a Self-Represented Litigant
The Short Version Before she took the bench in January 2026, Judge Tanya A. Grillo spent years implementing Michigan’s indigent…
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 Colonial Parkway Murders: What the DNA Actually Solved, and What It Didn’t
Alan Wade Wilmer Sr. died in Lancaster County, Virginia, in 2017. It took a multi-agency task force, a federal sexual…
Bruiser Brody and the Trial the Promotion Controlled: Kayfabe and Casefiles, No. 02
Investigation · True Crime Kayfabe and Casefiles: Installment 02 A wrestler was stabbed to death by a coworker inside the…
ADA Accommodations in Court: What Complex PTSD and Stalking Survivors Need to Know
What the law actually requires when trauma, stalking, and the demands of a courtroom collide, and where the ADA stops…
The Allegan County GOP Endorsed Tom Siver for a Nonpartisan Bench. Its Own Delegates Had Already Voted No.
Clutch Exclusive · Michigan Accountability Series This piece follows Kent County Terminated Thomas Siver’s Indigent Defense Contracts for Cause. He…
The 2026 Clutch Blanket Mystery, Week 04: The Evidence Folder Square
Two case numbers on one folder is not a coincidence. It’s a seam, and June pulls on it exactly as…
Abusive Litigation Is Still Abuse: Why I’m Asking the Public to Watch This Macomb County Case
Live Case A manufactured Facebook violation, an attorney’s admission on the record, and an open call for court watchers in…
Police Had Ted Bundy’s Name Before Two Separate Attacks. Both Times, They Let It Go.
Ted Bundy is usually described through charm, intelligence, and spectacle. The record shows something plainer and more damning: his name…
Clutch Cuties: True Crime and Justice Crochet Mascot Patterns
Eleven amigurumi mascots built out of the objects that live in a courthouse and an evidence room. Tiny evidence. Tiny…
The Chelsea Goodwill Skull: Ownership, Identification, and the Law’s Blind Spot
Analysis A skull donated with a bag of clothing at a Michigan Goodwill sat unidentified for nearly seven months. What…
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