criminal justice

The Access to Justice Clinic at Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and the 61st District Court are teaming up to help give some criminals a…

The Next IdeaTraffic tickets and low-level misdemeanors aren’t supposed to ruin lives and cost taxpayers millions.For most of these offenses, paying a…

Women are being arrested more frequently than they were 20 years ago.A new study from Michigan State University says arrests have increased 26.7% since…

Law enforcement officials in Detroit today announced a new initiative to curb the city's gun violence.The U.S. Attorney's Office is partnering with the…

This Week in Review, Jack Lessenberry and Rina Miller discuss Governor Rick Snyder’s air gun legislation veto, a new criminal justice commission, and…

Some graffiti found on a Midtown Detroit youth center this week evokes recent incidents of violence and tension between police and civilians--and it's…

Eighteen years ago, I was teaching a large “survey of the media” class at Wayne State University when word came that there was a verdict in the O.J.…

The State Senate Judiciary Committee takes up bills today that would greatly change Michigan’s indigent defense system. James Samuels is the president of…

The University of Michigan Law School and the Center for Wrongful Convictions at Northwestern University School of Law recently launched an online…

Teen offenders in Michigan are worse off than teens in other states.That's according to a new report from Michigan-based Second Chances 4 Youth and the…