Reader Submission: The Other Side of the Temujin Kensu Case — Evidence, Violence, and the Murder of Scott Macklem
Editorial Transparency This article is a reader submission. The content was compiled by an anonymous reader from court records, sworn…
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.
Legal Trauma: Why We Must Name It, Write It, and Confront It
The Bottom Line For millions of people, the legal system itself is a source of ongoing trauma: not just the…
Vote With Your Dollars: Why Where You Live and What You Buy Matters
“Every dollar you spend is a ballot.” That’s not a metaphor, it’s reality. When you swipe your card or sign…
Michigan’s Prison Corruption Problem Is Bigger Than Lakeland Correctional Facility — and MDOC Knows It
The Bottom Line When corrections officer Jacob Cook filed a federal lawsuit documenting alleged drug smuggling, inmate overdose deaths, death…
When the Spotlight Turns Back: Reflections on Lauren Matthias’ 9-Hour Stream and Life as a Journalist Under Attack
The Bottom Line Lauren Matthias’ nine-hour livestream about her civil stalking case is more than one creator’s story. It is…
Prosecutions Are the New Pyramid Scheme — And You’re Paying for It
The Bottom Line Modern criminal prosecutions operate less like a pursuit of justice and more like a pyramid scheme. Careers,…
Paper Lies: How Faulty Proof of Service Robs People of Their Day in Court
The Bottom Line Across Michigan, proof of service forms are filed without actual delivery, judges accept them without verification, and…
Clutch Q&A: Dr. Brittany Burns, Policy Trailblazer
Who Is Dr. Brittany Burns? Dr. Brittany Burns is a scholar-practitioner who has worked across probation, parole, corrections, emergency communications,…
5 Famous People Who Went to Prison – And What Their Stories Tell Us About The System
The Bottom Line Five people became famous. Then they went to prison. Then most of them came back. Their stories…
Clutch Justice Guide: Best Practices for Writing About and To Public Figures
When you’re calling out powerful people, judges, prosecutors, police chiefs, mayors, legislators, or any other public officials, public figures, the…
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