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2:57 pm
Tue May 28, 2013

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Hathaway sentenced to 12 months and one day

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Hathaway sentenced to 12 months and one day

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Former Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway leaving the federal courthouse in Ann Arbor with her attorney Steve Fishman.

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison by U.S. District Judge John Corbett O'Meara today in federal court. She was also ordered to pay $90,000 in restitution to ING bank. 

She will also serve two years supervised release after she gets out of prison.

Her attorney Steven Fishman says Hathaway will pay the fine today.

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Law
11:37 am
Sat May 25, 2013

Brass bell stolen from Detroit Catholic church

Brass bell stolen from Detroit Catholic church

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Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church, Detroit, Michigan

DETROIT (AP) - Thieves struck a Detroit church and swiped a brass bell that's more than 100 years old.

The bell belongs to Sweetest Heart of Mary Roman Catholic Church. Officials believe a lock was cut on a fence that surrounds the church grounds Thursday night or early Friday morning.

The bell was displayed in a brick-and-concrete platform. It's been at Sweetest Heart of Mary since 2005 after decades at two other churches that closed. Maintenance director Dennis Felcyn tells the Detroit Free Press that someone may have purchased the bell for $850 outside an antique shop in Algonac.

Police are investigating.

Law
12:49 pm
Thu May 23, 2013

Former Detroit Public Library official charged with bribery

Former Detroit Public Library official charged with bribery

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Tim Cromer, the former chief administrative officer for the Detroit Public Library, was charged with taking $1.4 million dollars in bribes.

Cromer and two contractors were indicted on 21 counts after the FBI raided the library offices last November.

Christine MacDonald of The Detroit News has more:

Law
11:45 am
Thu May 23, 2013

The difficulties of setting a legal limit for high driving in Michigan

The difficulties of setting a legal limit for high driving in Michigan

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A marijuana plant.

On Tuesday, the Michigan Supreme Court ruled that medical marijuana patients are not automatically breaking the law if caught driving after using marijuana.

Passed in 2008 by Michigan voters, the state’s Medical Marihuana Act does prohibit patients from operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of pot.

But the law fails to explicitly say just how much THC, marijuana’s active ingredient, needs to be in the bloodstream for a user to be considered “under the influence.”

Which is why the justices offered this piece of advice to lawmakers: Set a legal limit for pot consumption, just like the blood alcohol content metric for alcohol intoxication.

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