The 2026 Clutch Blanket Mystery, Week 06: The Puzzle Piece Square
A memo with no transfer log attached. The absence is the document, June realizes, the same way a fingerprint’s ridges…
Trial by Mechanism, Part I: The Invisible Deciders
Trial by Mechanism · Part I of VIII The Invisible Deciders A criminal case can end without anyone deciding what…
47 Days: Rick Snyder’s Own Lawyer Donated to His Campaign. Snyder Appointed Him to Court of Appeals.
Nine days after a Michigan Court of Appeals vacancy was announced, Gov. Rick Snyder’s own legal counsel contributed to Snyder’s…
The Family Phone Bill: How Cost-Shifting Removes the Incentive to Reform Incarceration
Analysis Families fund the phone calls, emails, and commissary markups that flow back into county and state budgets. Six states…
Audiochuck’s Crisis Isn’t About Ashley Flowers. It’s About the Model.
Bloomberg’s investigation into Crime Junkie’s parent company reveals what happens when one person is the entertainment brand, the newsroom, and…
The Bench and the Board: Two Wayne County Judges’ Governance Ties to Brian Banks’s Charter Schools
Judge Cylenthia Miller chairs the board of one Brian Banks charter school. Judge Tenisha Yancey chairs the board of the…
The Credibility Discount: How Courts Doubt Women, and What Closes the Gap
Legal scholarship has documented a specific mechanism for how women’s accounts get discounted in court, and a specific set of…
Sheriff Scott Hodshire’s Felony Charges: What the Warrant Says and What He’s Actually Facing
A warrant unsealed this week accuses the county’s sitting sheriff of tipping off a suspect during an active investigation. Here…
Bad Science, Part VI: Bullet Lead, and What a Voluntary Retirement Does Not Accomplish
Bad Science · Part VI of VIII Bullet Lead: What a Voluntary Retirement Does Not Accomplish The FBI requested the…
Michigan’s Courts Asked the Public What’s Broken. Funding, Discipline, and a Denied Accommodation Topped the List.
A virtual public hearing on Michigan’s next three-year court strategy surfaced testimony on funding, judicial discipline transparency, and a disability…
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