Judicial Accountability Michigan’s judicial oversight body operates almost entirely in secret by constitutional design. In 2023 it…
We treat addiction like a disciplinary problem, then act surprised when it becomes a fatal one. Overdoses…
Same system. Same county. Different outcomes that don’t reconcile. Sentencing is supposed to reflect proportionality, consistency, and…
Family court is supposed to safeguard children. When power, bias, and manipulation take hold, it can become…
Plea bargaining is often sold as efficiency. The danger starts when that efficiency turns into manipulation, coercion,…
Too often, sentencing decisions are treated as sterile calculations—months, years, guidelines, ranges. What gets erased in that…
Editorial Transparency Requests for comment were not returned. This piece is based on court records, publicly available…
Michigan’s sentencing guidelines are supposed to create structure. The harder question is who is interpreting that structure,…
Sentencing errors don’t always show up as dramatic mistakes. Sometimes they show up as decisions that don’t…
The systems we build don’t come out of nowhere. They reflect what we’ve already normalized. Mass incarceration…
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