Michigan courts say proceedings are public. Then they quietly decide whether you’re allowed to actually see them….
Appellate intervention is supposed to mean correction. In Barry County, it keeps looking more like a suggestion…
The jury trial has been replaced, almost exclusively, by a system of secret plea-bargaining negotiations behind closed…
Anger. It’s a powerful emotion that can consume you when you feel betrayed by something you’re supposed…
Acquittal is supposed to end the harm. Too often, it only exposes how much damage an unjust…
Plea bargaining is often sold as efficiency. The danger starts when that efficiency turns into manipulation, coercion,…
When a court treats angry criticism as a jailable offense, the issue is no longer just probation…
Too often, sentencing decisions are treated as sterile calculations—months, years, guidelines, ranges. What gets erased in that…
Choosing the wrong lawyer does not just cost money. It can reshape the outcome of your case…
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