How does Barry County, Michigan achieve a near-perfect criminal conviction rate? The answer has less to do…
Fresh Ideas Series In 2021, while completing master’s coursework in Criminal Justice at Purdue University Global, I…
Editorial Scope Note This article shares information about a Barry County criminal case while protecting the identities…
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…
Editor’s Note — March 2026 This piece was published in February 2023, documenting a 2017 Judicial Tenure…
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