By the time an individual has served more than 10 years in prison, they’re often past their window of risk for criminal activity, Safe & Just Michigan said in submitted testimony to the House Criminal Justice Committee in March. The organization, which advocates for criminal justice re...
OLC Forces the Michigan Prison System to Release Prisoner Telephone RecordingOctober 26, 2017 - The Michigan Court of Claims has sided with Outside Legal Counsel and its client, Scott Lewis Private Investigations, LLC, and ordered the disclosure of a telephone recording created and held by the Mi...
Appointed incumbentAndrew Bailey(R) is seeking a full term. Bailey is an Army veteran who saw combat in Iraq. He worked as an attorney for the state prison department, before joining Gov. Mike Parson’s (R) staff, and rising to his chief counsel. Parson appointed Bailey to this seat to...
I wasn't sure at first if Biden should join the UAW picket line or not. But knowing the fascist, indicted former president is showing up in Michigan to speak against the union, it's a good move for Biden to show his support for working people. https://t.co/2gbqyDvgRt — LeftOfLan...
no hope for genuine Obamacare repealandlimited hope for sweeping tax reform, I’m having to look outside of Washington for good news. Iwrote the other dayabout the very successful tax reforms in North Carolina. So now let’s travel to the Midwest. ...
"Well, the time has come. The day has come. And you may laugh, Mr. Sinclair, but you will have a long time to laugh about it. Because it is the judgment of this Court that you, John Sinclair, stand committed to the State Prison at Southern Michigan at Jackson or such other institu...
The prison promised to be a good neighbor. How can this multi-billion dollar private corrections corporation be a good neighbor while eliminating the funds that keep the county financially afloat? It’s not the county’s fault that GEO Group’s business plan for a giant maximum security prison...
(Reuters) - A former Uber driver who pleaded guilty to opening fire in a string of parking lots across Kalamazoo, Michigan, killing six people and wounding two others, was sentenced on Tuesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Jason Dalton, 48, showed no ...
There was support for his cause, and he helped set the platform for reform.In 1990, Kevorkian was arrested and tried for his direct role in a case of voluntary euthanasia. He was convicted of second-degree murder and served 8 years of a 10-to-25-year prison sentence. He was released ...
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was meant to help stimulate job creation and generate education reform. States were encouraging to take on new standards and practices to improve the preparedness of high school graduates for college or a career; better track the growth of students; and ...