“If You Can’t Do the Time” Is a Myth: Why the Criminal Justice System Isn’t Fair
Direct Answer “If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime” only makes sense in a world where laws…
Breaking the Cycle: Dismantling the School-to-Prison Pipeline
Direct Answer The school-to-prison pipeline is the national trend in which children are funneled out of public schools and into…
The Prisoner’s Dilemma and How It Is Used To Cause Convictions
Guest Contributor: This piece was written by Ally Micelli, paralegal and writer. Views expressed are the author’s own. Direct Answer…
Judicial Tenure Commission Complaint Tracking: Complaint Delivered?
JTC Complaint Tracking — Update 02 Status Update Seven days after mailing, the JTC complaint reached the post office on…
Statement from Judge Travis Reeds, Pending Removal of Judge Kirsten Nielsen Hartig
Editor’s Note: This article predates Judge Hartig’s dementia diagnosis. Since publication, Judge Hartig received a diagnosis of a neurological disorder,…
The Ethics Gap: Why Michigan Lawyers Face Scrutiny Before the Bar, But Not After
Direct Answer Becoming a licensed attorney in Michigan requires completing law school, passing the bar examination, and surviving a character…
Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Complaints: A Real-Time Accountability Experiment
Direct Answer The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission receives thousands of complaints annually and dismisses approximately 94 percent of them without…
Prison Labor Is Modern Slavery. And We’re All Complicit.
Direct Answer More than 800,000 incarcerated people work in American prisons, earning wages as low as $0.13 per hour —…
Michigan Judge Kirsten Nielsen Hartig Deemed “Unsafe to Practice,” Public Complaint Ensues
Editor’s Note (Updated): Since original publication, Judge Hartig has received a diagnosis of a neurological disorder. Clutch Justice covered that…
Unsealed: The Tylenol Murders, Johnson & Johnson, and the Lingering Questions of Corporate Accountability
In 1982, a series of tragic deaths in the Chicago area rocked the nation. Seven individuals, including a 12-year-old girl,…
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