criminal justice

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.

A former top legislative aide faces felony charges for allegedly siphoning money earmarked for a $25 million health club project in Clare. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Court of Appeals rejected a request Tuesday to hear arguments on allowing the Oxford High School shooter to withdraw his guilty pleas and to challenge his sentence of life-without-parole. Rick Pluta has more.

Bills to toughen the penalties for making or selling opioids made it out of the Michigan House Wednesday. Colin Jackson has more.

The Michigan Supreme Court ruled Thursday that mandatory life-without-parole sentences for 19- and-20-year-old defendants violate the state Constitution. We have more from Rick Pluta.

More than 250 felons sent to prison for life with no chance of parole for crimes committed when they were 18 years old must have their sentences reviewed. That decision was released Wednesday by the Michigan Supreme Court. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Supreme Court has agreed to hear arguments on whether the state’s felony murder standard is constitutional. We have more from Rick Pluta.