criminal justice

The Oxford High School shooter is asking the Michigan Supreme Court to let a new trial judge reconsider his life-with-out parole sentence. The shooter’s legal team says he was denied effective assistance of counsel. Rick Pluta has more.

The Michigan Court of Appeals is clarifying the statute of limitations for bringing felony-firearm charges. Colin Jackson has more.

The Republican chair of the Michigan House Oversight Committee says he is stepping carefully in an inquiry into the state’s economic development agency to avoid interfering with a criminal investigation. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A Michigan Department of Corrections report says the rate of repeat offenders being returned to prisons is at an all-time low. We have more from Rick Pluta.

A state House committee voted along party lines Wednesday for a bill to blunt the effects of a Michigan Supreme Court decision. The ruling says 19- and 20-year-olds cannot be automatically sentenced to life-without-parole. Rick Pluta has more.

The mother of the Oxford High School shooter wants to be released from prison while she appeals her involuntary manslaughter convictions. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The parents of the Oxford High School shooter plan to appeal their convictions after an Oakland County judge refused their requests for new trials. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The state approved a bill Wednesday to formally repeal a law that was used to charge former Governor Rick Snyder and members of his administration with crimes related the Flint water crisis. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Washtenaw County Prosecuting Attorney has lodged criminal charges against former Ypsilanti City Manager Frances McMullan. WEMU’s Caroline MacGregor reports.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer says President Donald Trump would break a promise he made to her if he pardons two men who were convicted of conspiring to kidnap her. Whitmer spoke with Rick Pluta at the Detroit Regional Chamber Conference on Mackinac Island. He started by asking the governor what she makes of these possible pardons.