criminal justice

Expanding Medicaid was a key part of the Affordable Care Act. In our state, it's known as Healthy Michigan, and it has meant health care coverage for more…

Michigan is on its way toward sweeping changes in its criminal justice system. The state House passed a large package of legislation Wednesday. The bills…

Too many people are being incarcerated with too few opportunities to better themselves when they are released. That was the message of advocates and…

Michigan senators are making a big push for prison and parole reform this year.Over 20 of the 52 bills introduced during session last week were about…

A Detroit man sentenced to life without parole for a 1977 murder is entitled to a new sentence.But efforts just to start that process have stalled again…

There’s a question Dave Moran asks whenever he gives talks about his work at the University of Michigan Innocence Clinic."If the state said, ‘We’re going…

LANSING, Mich. (AP) - The Republican-led Michigan Legislature returns for voting this week after a three-month summer break, with plans for an abbreviated…

Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard is warning against the possible release of some convicted teenage killers, saying it could spark an “unparalleled…

A bi-partisan package of criminal justice reform bills were introduced in the Michigan Senate this week. They are aimed at helping people who come out of…

Drones have many uses. But Michigan lawmakers want to discourage one in particular: delivering contraband to state prison inmates.Across the country in…