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Hundreds of mandatory-life teen defendants eligible for re-sentencing
The State is wrestling with how to re-sentence hundreds of Michigan defendants who were ordered as teens to serve mandatory life in prison without parole. In 2012, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled that sentencing a person under 18 to life in prison without parole constituted cruel and unusual punishment, Read more
Child Custody Battle to Impact Same Sex Couples
A courtroom battle is brewing in Monroe County, where the legal definition of “parenthood” is at issue. A lesbian couple (Ms. Zunk and Ms. Hopps) had two children through in vitro fertilization, before same-sex marriage was legalized. The woman who was not actually impregnated by the sperm donor (Ms. Zunk) Read more
Michigan Supreme Court declines to review questionable search
The Michigan Supreme Court has declined to review a Michigan Court of Appeals decision allowing Kenyon Robertson to stand Trial, despite questions about the search leading to his arrest. Back in July 2012, the Pontiac police received an anonymous tip that a “Leroy Jackson” had heroin at a local bus Read more
Threats on Social Media Could Lead to a Restraining Order
“Orange is the New Black” and “That 70′s Show” star Laura Prepon was granted a Restraining Order after an obsessed fan left her an Instagram audio recording stating: “Get ready, violence is coming,” and the fan posted a picture of her with the caption: “Here is a picture of Laura Prepon my Read more
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