Judge Michael Schipper Defies the Court — Again The saga of Judge Michael Schipper of the Barry…
Editorial Transparency: This article references sentencing patterns in Barry County, Michigan, including cases adjudicated by 5th Circuit…
Appellate intervention is supposed to mean correction. In Barry County, it keeps looking more like a suggestion…
Sentencing reform does not happen only through slogans or election cycles. It also happens through who gets…
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…
Update — January 2026 For the latest Michigan Supreme Court decision on Schipper’s upward departures, read the…
Individual experiences raise broader questions about how local criminal justice systems operate. In Barry County, several patterns…
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