Michigan Legal Roundup Week of March 16–20, 2026 This week’s developments share a common thread: Michigan’s legal…
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Michigan’s Trial Court Funding Concept Paper proposes to restructure how trial courts are funded by reducing dependence…
A sentencing that occurred is not the same as a sentencing that was lawful. Across Michigan courtrooms,…
Rita Williams is an investigative journalist, systems analyst, and doctoral candidate focused on Michigan courts, judicial oversight,…
The national conversation about mass incarceration focuses on prisons. The Prison Policy Initiative’s Whole Pie 2026 report…
The Centralia Files Part I of VII — The Fire That Never Became an Emergency Managed Abandonment…
Michigan courts just granted $1 million to help residents restore suspended driver’s licenses. The same court system…
In 1764, Cesare Beccaria argued that punishment exceeding what is necessary to deter crime is not justice…
Most people assume the rules governing Michigan courts are visible: statutes are published, court rules are debated…