Foul Trouble: Eight Years for a Charge That Was Never Manslaughter
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No Autopsy, Two Rulings, One Legend: The Record Behind Houdini’s Detroit Death
Michigan History · Record Analysis Harry Houdini died in Detroit 100 years ago today. Nobody performed an autopsy. The question…
Fifty-Seven Halloweens: Pam Hobley, Patty Spencer, and the Man Who Ran Out the Clock
Michigan Cold Case · 57 Years Pam Hobley and Patty Spencer walked away from Oscoda High School on Halloween afternoon…
The 2026 Clutch Blanket Mystery, Week 14: The Scales of Justice Square
Two sworn accounts of 1996 sit on the table and both cannot be true. June weighs them the only honest…
MDOC Demoted the Warden Who Warned Someone Would Die. The Warden With Three Homicides Kept His Job.
MDOC · Follow-Up Investigation In July, MDOC pulled a warden off his post the same night he warned that someone…
The Transcript Already Exists. Michigan Still Makes You Wait For It.
Michigan’s transcript system runs on a per-page fee frozen since 1986 and a court reporter shortage nobody disputes. Its recording-access…
The Hidden Cost of Going to Court: Introducing the Clutch Justice Court Harm Index
Investigation · New Initiative Michigan’s courts record every filing, charge, and sentence. Nobody records the drive, the wait, the lost…
She Called 911. They Never Opened the Door.
In April 1987, a Chicago grandmother told 911 that someone was coming through her bathroom medicine cabinet. Police came, knocked,…
#ReadWithClutch: Convicting the Innocent by Brandon L. Garrett
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The Interlochen Question: What Connects North Fox Island to Michigan’s Most Famous Arts Campus
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