Editor’s Note This post predates the suicide at Egeler due to jump hazards that they never fixed….
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…
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…
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…
Editor’s Note — March 2026 This piece was published in February 2023, documenting a 2017 Judicial Tenure…
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