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…
Clutch Justice Weekly, Issue 023: A “Super Drunk” Judge. A Shady Occult Expert. Campaign Material ala Court Letterhead. Let’s Unpack It.
The Clutch Justice Weekly briefing for Issue 023: three unrelated failures with the same shape, a race that just lost…
#ReadWithClutch: Blind Injustice: A Former Prosecutor Exposes the Psychology and Politics of Wrongful Convictions
#ReadWithClutch · Book Review Direct Answer Blind Injustice, by former federal prosecutor and Ohio Innocence Project co-founder Mark Godsey, argues…
Broken Play: The Aaron Hernandez Scouting File the Patriots Already Had
Broken Play · Case No. 01 One NFL team’s scouting department removed Aaron Hernandez from its draft board entirely. Another…
Cass County Prosecutor’s Office Empties Out as Victor Fitz Lands in Branch County. Trouble Is Already Brewing.
Direct Answer Cass County’s entire prosecutor’s office resigned within a three week span in May 2026, ending Victor Fitz’s 23…
What Did Barry County Commissioner Jon Smelker Do With What He Was Told?
A decade on the Barry County Board of Commissioners. A seat on the committees that touch courts, corrections, dispatch, and…
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