Tag Archives: Criminal Defense Lawyers in Michigan

While there are certainly people who believe that predictive analytics has no legitimate place in our criminal justice system, not everyone agrees with them. Having discussed the opinions of certain detractors in the first installment on this article, we take a look at a few of the people who believe that predictive analytics are the […]

The use of Predictive Analytics is widespread in today’s world, and is exceedingly common in business. From projecting increases in certain sales, to predicting the spending habits of buyers, it has made the cost of doing business for companies all over the world that much easier. But when it comes to the use of predictive […]

Charging teenagers as adults is a subject that has caused a great deal of debate and controversy in Michigan in recent years. In this recent Kent County, MI case, a Grand Rapids teen is being charged as an adult for his role in a drive-by shooting that injured two others, one of whom was a […]

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 […]