Incarcerated Parents Still Have the Right to Parent: Why Disrupting and Cutting Contact Harms Children
A Child’s Right to Their Parent Does Not End at the Jail or Prison Door When safety is not the…
The Centralia Files: A Clutch Justice Series on Managed Abandonment
I have been absolutely fascinated by Centralia, Pennsylvania for as long as I can remember. Long before it served as…
Attorney Sufi Y. Ahmad Disbarred Following Extensive Client Neglect, Misconduct, and Trust Account Violations
The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board has ordered the disbarment of Sufi Y. Ahmad (P43206) of Pleasant Ridge, Michigan, effective August 23, 2025, following consent discipline proceedings involving…
The Odds Are Not in Your Favor: Mental Health, Addiction, and the Risk of Entering the Criminal Legal System
Let me start this whole thing off by saying this is NOT about “other” people. This is about you. Yes,…
Why Judges Should Be Specialized, Certified, and Publicly Authorized by Case Type
Courts give judges enormous power across vastly different legal fields. Judicial specialization, certification, public authorization tracking, and transparent oversight are necessary for real accountability.
Attorney Mohamed A. Chaytou Interim Suspended After Failing to Appear for Disciplinary Hearing
The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board has imposed an interim suspension on Mohamed A. Chaytou (P80023) of Dearborn, Michigan, effective July 31, 2025, after he failed to…
Prison Is Not a Neutral Punishment: Why Nonviolent Sentencing Requires a Burden of Proof
The criminal legal system treats incarceration as an acceptable default, even when the offense did not involve physical harm to…
Attorney Angelina Cummins Interim Suspended After Failing to Appear for Disciplinary Hearing
The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board has imposed an interim suspension on Angelina Cummins (P78867) of Southfield, Michigan, effective August 7, 2025, after she failed to appear for…
Financial Hardship, Not Personal Failure, Drove Mental Health, Hunger, and Eviction During COVID
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, political rhetoric framed economic relief as generous, temporary, and sufficient. The story told was simple: people…
The Criminal Justice Serenity Prayer (Or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Accept the Dumpster Fire)
God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can,…
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