Corruption or Complaining? How to Tell if a System Is Truly Broken
Why This Question Matters When you’re digging into a wrongful conviction, a public corruption scandal, or a community complaint about…
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.
Candyman and Criminal Justice: What the Film Reveals About Systemic Harm
In Jordan Peele and Nia DaCosta’s 2021 reimagining of Candyman, the monster is not just the hook-handed ghost who haunts…
Transparency Gutted: How Allegan County Judges Turn Court Recordings Into Useless Evidence
“Granted”… But Gagged In theory, public access to court proceedings is a cornerstone of democracy. It’s how we hold power…
The Digital Survival Guide: How to Protect Yourself From Online Harassment
When Harassers Target You, Here’s How to Hit Back With Facts, Not Fear If you’re unlucky enough to become the…
The Law School Lie: Why We’re Training Students for Courtrooms That Don’t Exist
Three years. Six figures of debt. Hours spent parsing 19th-century case law in lecture halls that look more like temples…
Empowering Purpose: Clutch Justice Partners with Swyft Filings to Help Nonprofits Launch Faster
Partnership Announcement Clutch Justice has partnered with Swyft Filings to eliminate the administrative barriers that prevent grassroots advocacy organizations from…
When the Courtroom Fails: Why More Families Are Choosing Alternatives to Court Divorce
The Bottom Line Court-based divorces are fundamentally adversarial. They create financial incentives to escalate conflict, drag proceedings out for years,…
24 Years Later, Michigan Still Ignores the Whistleblower Who Tried to Save Family Court — and Survivors Like Christine Morrison Are Still Fighting
The Bottom Line In 2001, Michigan’s first acting JTC director warned Attorney General Jennifer Granholm that family courts were retaliating…
PREA in Principle, Violated in Practice
The Bottom Line A lawsuit alleges that approximately 500 women at Michigan’s Huron Valley Women’s Correctional Facility were recorded nude…
5 Reasons to Think Twice Before Moving to Barry County — Courts in Chaos and Reform Stalled
Barry County’s justice system presents a measurable operational risk to defendants, attorneys, and taxpayers due to patterns of appellate reversals,…
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