Barry County Circuit Court has drawn attention following repeated appellate remands, upward sentencing departures beyond advisory guidelines,…
How does Barry County, Michigan achieve a near-perfect criminal conviction rate? The answer has less to do…
A few weeks ago, I submitted a FOIA Request to understand where a turn-in arrangement went wrong….
Editorial Scope Note This article shares information about a Barry County criminal case while protecting the identities…
When a county court system becomes so difficult to navigate that attorneys start adding a surcharge just…
When considering unethical judges, my first major run-in was Judge Michael Schipper’s courtroom. He bullies, threatens, and…
In late January 2023, Barry County Jail transitioned to a new commissary system. It was touted as…
The more I dig, the more the paper trail lines up against Barry County Judge Michael Schipper….
Did you know courts hand out “random” satisfaction surveys? Except they’re anything but random. Those results are…
Individual experiences raise broader questions about how local criminal justice systems operate. In Barry County, several patterns…
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