Tag Archives: Criminal Defense Lawyers in Michigan

The results of an amazing new study conducted by Bowling Green State University were recently released. What they reveal is quite surprising. According to the study, a full 40 percent of the police officers who break the law, do so while on duty.   The study, which is the first of it’s kind to study […]

Michigan Hip Hop Artist Murdered with No Connections Till Now 22-year-old Michael Smith, also known as ‘Michigunna Mic‘ had just begun attempting to establish himself as a hiphop artist in Lansing, Michigan when he was shot and killed in early 2015. While the crime was never solved and no one was ever implicated in Smith’s death, […]

Two men from Michigan have been accused of stealing thousands of pieces of mail from people in three southwestern counties, in order to find cash, checks and money orders. Federal documents allege that the pair were operating as a teacher and understudy, with one man teaching the other how to successfully steal mail, and what […]

The Mount Pleasant Police Department announced recently in a press release, that they have arrested a suspect who is believed to have been involved in the burning of a building. The man, a 25-year-old resident of Mount Pleasant, MI named Christopher Bott-Fleming, is now facing arson charges as a result.   At 6;47 pm on […]

“Criminal Justice Overhaul” have been buzzwords around Michigan in the last few years. Michigan Governor Snyder has been saying that he wants to focus on changes that embody “smart justice” here in the Great Lakes State. Now we have Senate bills proposing major changes to our criminal laws.   Talk is Cheap   While our […]

The tide is slowly turning. For decades drug users have been viewed in a terrible light. Some see them as  good-for-nothings who leach from society without contributing anything of value to their communities. Re-thinking the issue, the horrific number of lives lost to substance abuse over the years and the substantial amount of government resources […]

Civil asset forfeiture reform is a subject that we have written about on a number of occasions in the past. It is a highly volatile subject and can be a divisive topic of conversation. Opinions are all over the place. It is a subject that needs to addressed simply because the federal law as well […]

The question of whether a jury should have the power to sentence a teenager to prison for life is a very conflicted one. Which is why the Michigan Court of Appeals has assigned a panel of judges to address the issue of whether or not to grant that kind of power to a jury, when […]

Senate Bill Referred to House Committee   Back in June of 2015, we told you about a senate bill that had been introduced by Senator Rick Jones, which proposed to modify the penalties surrounding minor in possession laws in Michigan. But while the wheels of the law grind slowly indeed, that bill finally passed the Michigan […]

Ingham County Prosecutor Arrested for Pandering and Hiring Prostitutes Arresting people for acquiring the services of a prostitute, or pandering, is all in a day’s work for most police officers. After all, it’s part of their job. But nothing complicates that job faster than when the person you’re arresting is a fellow officer of the […]