Criminal Justice & Legal System

The American Civil Liberties Union is urging the Michigan Department of Corrections to lift its restrictions on foreign-language books.

At the Washtenaw County Courthouse, a new project is setting out to transform the space into a positive and healing environment through art, song, dance, and spoken word.

The Michigan Supreme Court won’t reinstate the conviction of a former Michigan State University gymnastics coach who was accused of lying to investigators about campus sports doctor Larry Nassar.

We discussed the news that pharmacists will now be able to prescribe birth control. Then we heard from our friends at Points North about the Camp Grayling training facility . After that we turned to some poetry about butterflies. We ended with a conversation about the Washtenaw County Courthouse Art exhibit.

A review of the re-imagined 2022 North American International Auto Show in Detroit. A new film documents the long history of the Boblo boats in Southeast Michigan. And a legal professor and expert in executive privilege weighs in on the Trump document case.

The settlement was announced in January, but the final details took months to wrap up. The university said the deal recently got approval from 98% of claimants.

The Chief Justice of Michigan’s State Supreme Court recently announced that she'll be stepping down at the end of this year, six years before the end of her term.

Tudor Dixon said the funds would support recruitment, retention, and training of law enforcement officers.

The Michigan attorney general’s Conviction Integrity Unit has received funding for post-conviction DNA testing that it can use to address some of the 1,700 pending claims of wrongful conviction in the state.

Bridget McCormack, chief justice of the Michigan Supreme Court, says she will quit by the end of the year.