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The Michigan Department of Corrections said Tuesday that it achieved the second-lowest recidivism rate since it started tracking that data.
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The FBI initially received complaints about Nassar in 2015, but failed to properly investigate, allowing him to continue sexually abusing gymnasts and patients until his arrest in 2016 by MSU police.
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Prosecutors have filed charges of financial crimes against the former leader of the Michigan House and his wife.
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The first ever federal rules limiting PFAS chemicals in drinking water, the Armenian diaspora in Michigan, and possible improvements to the state's 2016 Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act
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A Michigan expungement law has helped clear over a million misdemeanor and felony convictions since taking effect, according to a report from Safe and Just Michigan.
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The first step is to get an attorney who specializes in appeals. If a defendant cannot afford an appellate attorney, the state will provide one.
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Former Ottawa County Administrator John Gibbs is suing the Ottawa County Board and its chairman Joe Moss in federal court.
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She pointed to a scam alert from the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General. That office said imposters are posing as agents, and demanding their targets meet them in person and hand over cash or gift cards.
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Reactions to the sentencing of the parents of the Oxford school shooter, allegations that two county jails banned in-person visits to increase revenue from pricey phone calls, and a new documentary film honors the winningest basketball program in Michigan.
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The law is actually just a one-sentence provision in a 2014 law that allows local courts to assess fines and fees on criminal defendants that are then used to cover court costs. The need for change stems from public perception that local courts and judges use defendant fees to fund themselves, according to Tom Boyd, Michigan’s State Court Administrator.
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The sentencing of the parents of the Oxford High School shooter, a survey on how comfortable students in the Grand Traverse region feel asking counselors for help, an online cannabis certificate program, and what some amendments to the US Census mean for Michigan’s Middle Eastern and North African residents.
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James and Jennifer Crumbley, parents of the Oxford High School shooter, were convicted of involuntary manslaughter at separate trials earlier this year. Judge Cheryl Matthews sentenced them to between 10 and 15 years in prison at a sentencing hearing on April 9.