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State police removed nearly half the people from Michigan's sex offender registry on Friday, following a ruling from the Michigan Supreme Court that found it unconstitutional to include those who were added to the list before amendments to the law were made in 2011.
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See nonpartisan judicial candidates on your ballot? Don’t know how to vet them or the impact they might have in your community? This guide covers it all. -
The Michigan Supreme Court struck down life without parole sentences for people convicted of felony murder before 1980. The ruling is the latest decision limiting mandatory life based on constitutional protections against cruel or unusual punishment. -
The Michigan Supreme Court has denied an appeal filed by an animal rights group that is seeking constitutional habeas corpus rights for a group of chimpanzees in an Upper Peninsula zoo. -
The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments over whether House leaders can block bills from reaching Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s desk. -
The Michigan Supreme Court on Wednesday considered a pair of cases that deal with resentencing people serving long prison terms for crimes they committed as children.
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The two Michigan Supreme Court justices whose terms are expiring say they will run to hold onto their seats. -
The Michigan Supreme Court will hear arguments in the case of a former professor at Calvin University who was terminated after officiating a wedding of two LGBTQ+ people. -
First, more about the lawsuit headed to the state supreme court over the firing of a Michigan professor for officiating an LGBTQ+ wedding. Also, a Charlevoix man killed in action while fighting in Ukraine is laid to rest one year later. Plus, a look at the Detroit Historical Society's unique new temporary exhibit. -
A zoo in the western Upper Peninsula is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to refuse a case that seeks a ruling that chimpanzees have constitutional rights against wrongful imprisonment.
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Following Michigan Supreme Court rulings, Oakland County is asking judges to resentence 16 people to life without parole. Kent County is asking for 15 renewed life sentences.
