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  Thank you for joining us again for this discussion on unreliable eyewitness testimony. Thus far we’ve discussed the court’s approach to eyewitness testimony, and what the majority of research is revealing about how inconsistent and untrustworthy eyewitness testimony can be. Moving forward, we will be looking at the science of memory today, and the […]

  Welcome back and thank you for joining us for this discussion on eyewitness testimony, and whether or not experts believe it’s a reliable form of evidence. As we talked about in the previous installment, more and more courts these days are acknowledging the fact that eyewitness testimony may not be as infallible as they […]

  “Tell the Court, did you see a man running away from the victim’s home at four am on the morning of the murder?” “I did, yes. He was running quickly, like he wanted to get away. And he had a gun in his hand… his right hand.” “Can you tell the Court, is that […]

  In late January of this year, a new program was launched in Macomb County that hopes to make a difference to those who are struggling with opiate addiction. Hope not Handcuffs allows a person battling addiction to walk into a police station and ask for help without fear of reprisal. What’s that you say? […]

  2017 is looking to be the year of parole and prison reform here in Michigan. Almost half of the 52 bills the Senate reviewed in their last session were to do with prison and parole reform. We wanted to share with you the issues that some of those bills are hoping to address in […]

  Thanks for joining us one last time to wrap up the topic of expungement in Michigan. In case you are just joining us, expungement is very similar to having a person’s criminal records sealed. What this means is that either specific parts of, or all of, a criminal record will be unavailable to the […]

  Thank you for joining us again today, as we look at what an expungement means in Michigan, and what you would need to know in order to pursue it for yourself. In the previous article we discussed exactly how Michigan law defines expungement, which crimes would disqualify you from being eligible for getting your […]

If you’ve never heard of MI-VINE, don’t worry – you’re not alone. Most of us here in Michigan  have no idea what it is and how it could impact us in the future. With that in mind, we would like to take this opportunity to explain exactly what MI-VINE is, and why recent updates and […]

  In the very first hours of 2015, Mason Mizwicki died of a drug overdose. He was at a New Year’s eve party in Watervliet, MI with friends. They were using drugs. While he lay dying, Mizwicki called out for help. But his friends chose not to assist him. Why? Because the teenagers he was […]

  Thanks for joining us again as we share with you a few of our favorite Michigan authors! For those of you who enjoy a good mystery, or an engrossing legal thriller, we enlarge your repertoire in time for the holiday season. Having talked about how amazing Michigan is (because it is!) we wanted to […]