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Quick Facts Just the Facts In October 2025, Judge Robert Giles, Wayne County, presided over a matter involving a teenage defendant…
The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board has imposed a four-year suspension with restitution and conditions against Craig A. Tank (P58360) of St. Clair Shores, Michigan, following findings…
Quick Facts How Does Michigan’s Judicial Accountability System Keep Tilting Toward the Prosecution? Robert Steinhoff, sitting Alger County Prosecutor, recently…
The Michigan Supreme Court exercises superintending control over the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission. That authority is not symbolic. It is structural. Which means that, in…
The quiet, involuntary retirement of Lynn Helland came and went with little comment from the Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission. But when placed…
Quick Facts Just the Facts Judge Brian Rahilly, Michigan’s 11th Circuit Court, was temporarily removed from certain cases after text messages surfaced raising…
Quick Facts Monday, February 2, 2026 Brings a Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission Staff Update. The Michigan Judicial Tenure Commission (JTC) has quietly…
The Michigan Attorney Discipline Board has imposed an automatic interim suspension on Ziad Mahmood Khalel (PL1108) of Sterling Heights, Michigan, following his federal felony conviction for conspiracy…
Some cases force courts to answer an uncomfortable question: Was the crime discovered, or was it designed? People v. Jayneel…
Kalamazoo County, Michigan leaders are debating a proposal that could reconfigure the county criminal justice center, including relocating the Prosecutor’s Office offsite…
