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There’s always a debate as to whether judges should be appointed or elected. The one thing everyone agrees on, at least in theory, is that judges should…

DETROIT (AP) - A candidate who lost an election for Detroit's 36th District Court is getting his robe another way. Gov. Rick Snyder says he's appointing…

We sat down with entrepreneur, author, clothing line creator, and film and music producer Russell Simmons to get his take on the state of police and…

GROSSE POINTE PARK, Mich. – Officials in a Detroit suburb where five police officers were suspended for their roles in videos in which a black man is seen…

There appears to be a lot of interest in a new kind of court in Washtenaw County.More than 80 lawyers, mediators, and probation officers packed Judge…

In Michigan, people can no longer use trespassing laws to avoid being served court papers at their doors.At the end of 2013, a new law took effect to…

Civil libertarians are calling on the U.S. Justice Department to expand a probe into the Saginaw Police Department.The Justice Department has been…

He spent four years in prison after he was convicted in 2009 on an arson charge. But now he is free after a team of lawyers from the University of…

Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation Monday that will make sweeping changes to the state’s public defense system.Snyder says the new law is a big step…

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. (AP) - A 77-year-old woman has been sentenced to five years of probation for taking money from a Detroit-area church and has been…