Tag Archives: Criminal Defense Lawyers in Michigan

  Cosplay is a major phenomenon these days. Thousands of people spend months making elaborate costumes so that they can dress up as characters from books, movies and comics at conventions. Why? Because fantasy is fun. Not into cosplay? Well, perhaps you were a Dungeons and Dragons fan as a kid, or you have a […]

  Every time we post an article about wrongful convictions, like yesterday’s story about Ledura Watkins, it reopens the discussion among our readers about how easily a miscarriage of justice can occur. According to current research, approximately 10,000 people are wrongfully convicted every year in the United States. What is even more troubling is the […]

  Many teenagers dream of parents who would allow them more freedoms, treat them more like grown-ups, and provide them with the trappings of adulthood. Responsibility free, of course. But the truth is that teens are minors, whether or not they agree with that status, and the law has very strict regulations about how teens […]

  Here it is! The next installment in our Legal Jargon series! (Hey Michigan, you know you’ve been waiting for it.) Because nothing is more annoying than eating your body weight in popcorn and watching six consecutive episodes of Law and Order: Criminal Intent, and having no idea what’s going on! We’ve had to explain […]

The Courser / Gamrat Scandal sex here in Michigan is probably going to take a long time to go away. People tend to enjoy a good gossip (if one can call gossip “good”!) and a scandalous subject often gets dredged up again and again until it’s luster has finally worn off. However in this particular […]

  In our recent four-part article series, we discussed at length the issue of false confessions, and why they are such a tragedy. Those articles have sparked considerable debate, and one of the issues that was brought up time and time again is the issue of wrongful convictions. So we thought we would share with […]

  Thanks for joining us again for the second installment on Michigan’s Mental Health Courts. In part one we broke down exactly what a Mental Health Court was, and the purpose it served in the criminal justice system. Moving on, we are going to take a look at how this particular treatment court works, and […]

The Flint water crisis has received national attention for over a year now via social media and standardized media outlets. People have created memes to raise awareness, staged protests and even celebrities have voiced their opinions and donated money. The people of Flint however, are not waiting for the rest of the country to speak […]

  We have been following the case of Michigan House Representatives Todd Courser and Cindy Gamrat since it first became public knowledge. In addition to the scandal that erupted around their illicit affair, there was the fallout from Courser’s botched attempts to mislead the public by forcing an aide to release falsified emails. This led […]

  Incarcerated parents suffer as a result of being away from their children. They miss out on the joy and satisfaction of being a mom or dad. They miss out on milestone moments, and on the small pleasures of everyday life with a child. Sure, parenting is hard and sometimes very frustrating, but it is […]