The Crime Report
MAY 20, 2021
In Michigan, where 4,000 people are serving life without parole, the indigent defense commission adopted new standards that would require lawyers who handle such cases to have at least five years of significant experience, including at least seven felony jury trials. But the standards have yet to be approved by other state regulators.
JURIST
FEBRUARY 26, 2021
The US Supreme Court ruled Thursday that a Michigan college student is unable to proceed with a Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) lawsuit against two federal officers who tackled him after mistaking him for a fugitive in 2014. He also sued the officers individually under a Bivens action, claiming four violations of his Fourth Amendment rights.
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The Crime Report
JANUARY 9, 2023
In 2000, a 6-year-old boy fatally shot his 6-year-old classmate, Kayla Rolland , in their classroom at Buell Elementary School in Michigan while their teacher lined up other students in the hallway. In Virginia, the minimum age to charge someone with a felony is 14 years old. The shooting followed a dispute on the playground.
The Crime Report
DECEMBER 15, 2021
You’re not legally required to store your weapon in a safe manner.” And, there are no federal laws mandating gun storage practices after the owner takes position of a legally purchased firearm. Do we take this law from a misdemeanor charge to a felony charge? That’s much more than a slap on the wrist.
The Crime Report
JANUARY 13, 2022
30 shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, which left four teenagers dead. If they don’t fix it, it just gives more ammo to try to take people’s legal guns away,” Boyce says. “If If the legal people keep their legal guns locked up and they don’t get stolen, it’s going to stop crime.”. Slotkin said.
The Crime Report
AUGUST 20, 2021
In 1916, at a single Ford plant in Highland Park, Michigan, workers also reported almost 200 severed fingers and 75,000 other injuries. This despite the fact that we know myriad innocent people charged with felonies plead guilty. Additional reading: Truth, Lies and Plea Bargaining , The Crime Report, July 23, 2021.
JonathanTurley
SEPTEMBER 17, 2021
Michigan House Democrats. Michigan state Rep. Jewell Jones is facing an array of criminal charges , including two new serious felonies after he was found in possession of a handcuff key after he was arrested. A blood test found his BAC was more than twice the legal limit.
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