Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) has struck fear across the United States. Despite limited reported cases, the concern has grown drastically due to social media and television outlets. The inconsistency of reports on COVID-19 had led to mass confusion in society and our criminal justice system. To gain insight into how the…
Original Case Details Back in November of 2015, a former pastor named Keith Wood was charged with jury tampering for handing out pamphlets that encourage jury nullification and deciding cases on feeling rather than law. Jury nullification occurs when a jury finds a defendant not guilty despite believing that the…
The debate is back on in the Michigan Legislature over whether to pass a law preventing local governments from banning breed-specific dogs. The main breed which has always been at issue is the pit bull. The way most people view the debate on breed-specific bans usually coincides with how they…
Michigan is known as a state that looks to statistics. Statistics or (stats) tell a story that often speaks louder than words. One stat is has led to a criminal justice task force is that the number of prisoners in county jails has tripled in the last 35 years, and…
The Michigan State Police recently contracted a software firm to create and expand a huge database of citizen information that is intended to be used as a crime-fighting instrument. The contract’s overall cost was over $12 million. This contract was awarded back in December 2018 to a software company called…
Original Case Details Ramon Ward was convicted of the murder of two women in 1994. He was 18 years old back on January 21st when he was charged in the deaths of two women at a vacant drug house in Detroit. There were no physical evidence or eyewitnesses linking Ward…
The 2020 election season will present many changes to Washtenaw County. With Ann Arbor and its surrounding cities playing a vital role in our criminal justice system, the 2020 Judicial Elections will be one of the most important in recent years. The main reason for these contested elections is the…
Have you ever wondered, “is there a law for EVERYTHING in the state of Michigan?” Well if you truly knew how many laws there were, then you would most likely as that question. In actuality, there is a law for almost everything in the state of Michigan. According to a…
Original Case Details This is a follow up blog to a previous blog we posted. You can read that blog here. The Warren De La Salle High School Football team is under heavy fire now as seven of its members have now been charged due to this ongoing hazing scandal.…
A member of the Michigan House of Representatives from Oakland Township has introduced a bill aimed at changing the State’s terrorism law. This bill is in response to the prosecution of a student from Lake Superior State University who shared a photo of his Colt AR-15 rifle to his snapchat…