Appeals court revives Michigan City woman’s wrongful termination suit

The court sided with the Michigan City woman after she alleged multiple state agencies wrongfully dismissed her complaints.
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Michigan corrections officer union calls for change as assaults increase

In 2024, there were 71 assaults at the state's highest-security prisons, up from 44 in 2023. The union blames a lack of ...
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Bay City man pleads guilty to larceny in 2023 gunpoint robbery

Jack "Bleed" Biskner is unlikely to get prison time despite pleading guilty as a third-time habitual offender.
The Morning Sun

Mamdani appoints a formerly incarcerated criminal justice reformer to run NYC jails

Mamdani entrusted Stanley Richards, who was formerly incarcerated and executive vice president at The Fortune Society, with overseeing the Big Apple’s jails, aiming for both a safer jail ...
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Michigan man gets up to 60 years for trying to stab grandmother to death

The 26-year-old Clare County man repeatedly stabbed his 68-year-old grandmother in her back two days after Thanksgiving 2024.

Kwame's secret restitution deal unlikely to make Detroiters whole, experts say

Legal experts believe it will be difficult for Detroiters to collect $823,649 that former Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick owes from landmark racketeering case.
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Hmong refugee in Michigan freed by ICE after several months in prison

A 47-year-old Hmong refugee who has lived in Michigan since he was 8 months old was freed Wednesday, Dec. 3, from the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) after spending several months ...