Michigan’s sentencing guidelines are designed to bring structure, proportionality, and predictability to criminal sentencing. While often discussed…
American courts are built on a promise of proportionality. Sentencing is supposed to reflect conduct, context, and…
Sentencing integrity is one of the quiet foundations of a functioning justice system. When sentencing outcomes are…
A woman is dead; another person was injured. Judge Michael Schipper acknowledged that reckless, illegal conduct caused…
We like to believe courtrooms are neutral spaces, that justice is blind. That judges are impartial referees…
Mandatory minimum sentencing was born from a political era obsessed with being “tough on crime” and completely…
Editorial Transparency: This article references sentencing patterns in Barry County, Michigan, including cases adjudicated by 5th Circuit…
Direct Answer In Michigan, two people convicted of the same offense under similar circumstances can receive vastly…
Same system. Same county. Different outcomes that don’t reconcile. Sentencing is supposed to reflect proportionality, consistency, and…
Too often, sentencing decisions are treated as sterile calculations—months, years, guidelines, ranges. What gets erased in that…
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