When the Record Breaks: How Metadata, Remands, and Notice Collide in Barry County, Michigan
For nearly four years, Clutch Justice has methodically unpacked what should have been a series of isolated procedural glitches in Barry…
Off-the-Record Plea Deals: Why They Undermine Due Process
The Weight of What’s Missing I was reviewing case files the way I always do. Not skimming. Not scanning. Reviewing….
Attorney Erick C. Rakoczy Suspended for 30 Days by Consent Following Criminal Conviction
Case Information Quick Facts Discipline Summary The Attorney Discipline Board ordered the 30-day suspension of Erik C. Rakoczy’s Michigan law license following…
Access to Justice: What It Actually Means, and Why the System Keeps Getting It Wrong
What Access to Justice Is Supposed to Mean In theory, access to justice is simple. If your rights are violated,…
The Supreme Court Blackout: Why Michigan Abandons the Incarcerated at the Finish Line
In Michigan, we like to talk about “Access to Justice” as if it’s a constant. We have the State Appellate…
When a Court Stamp Disappears: Why White-Out on a Barry County Motion Undermines Justice
Updated March 26, 2026 The supervision referenced in this coverage has been terminated. The SCAO investigation into court record tampering…
Deliberate Indifference in Probation Supervision: When Officers Ignore Harassment and False Reporting
Deliberate Indifference in Probation Supervision When Officers Know — and Do Nothing Probation is often framed as supervision. Monitoring. Accountability….
When Is a Judge Unfit? Michigan JTC Discipline and the Cognitive Decline Question
The Current Case According to reporting by the Detroit Free Press, the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission has asked the Michigan Supreme…
How a Michigan Supreme Court Remand Reveals the Power of Appellate Strategy
About a year and a half ago, I helped advance a criminal appeal to the Michigan Supreme Court. It is…
AI Hallucination Lawsuits: Legal Risks, Mental Health Harm, and What Users Can Do
It’s an AI Lovestory, Baby Just Say “Yes” It’s Valentine’s Day, and of course, nothing says romance quite like “AI-induced…
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