Prosecutorial and Judicial Responsibility to Consider Children at Sentencing
Too often, sentencing decisions are treated as sterile calculations—months, years, guidelines, ranges. What gets erased in that math are the…
The Children of Incarcerated Parents’ Bill of Rights
Children do not stop needing dignity, stability, and connection just because the state has decided to punish a parent. The…
Dependent Children of Incarcerated Parents: An Educational Video for Judges and Legal Professionals
One of the most persistent failures of the court system is how little it understands, or chooses to understand, the…
Solitary Confinement is Torture: Examining the Devastating Effects
Solitary confinement goes by many names, but the core reality stays the same: prolonged isolation is not a neutral management…
How Do I Know a Lawyer Is Good? How to Choose the Right Attorney for Your Case
Choosing the wrong lawyer does not just cost money. It can reshape the outcome of your case before you even…
When Free Speech Becomes a Probation Violation: Michigan Appeals Court Confronts Retaliatory Prosecution
An oral argument in the Michigan Court of Appeals explored the case In Re DMT, where an Allegan County Resident…
DOJ Revives Tough-on-Crime Policies Despite Evidence They Don’t Work
A justice system does not become smarter by getting harsher. When policy abandons evidence in favor of political toughness, incarceration…
How Prison Discipline Policies Manufacture Misconduct — And Keep People Locked Up Longer
Prison discipline is often sold as necessary order. But when the rules are written to punish coping, need, and ordinary…
Michigan Supreme Court Grants Barry County Man Remand for New Trial
Editorial Transparency Requests for comment were not returned. This piece is based on court records, publicly available OTIS data, the…
The Right to Criticize Judges: A Lawyer’s Professional Responsibility
Many thanks to my dear friend Dr. Samantha Hallman for sharing this with me! Lawyers have an ethical responsibility to…
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