criminal justice

Michigan’s attorney general is signing onto another multi-state lawsuit against the Trump administration. This time, it’s over new U.S. Department of Justice requirements for states and groups that receive funding from the federal Victims of Crime Act. Colin Jackson reports.

Michigan prosecutors are still asking for more time to respond to a recent state Supreme Court ruling that banned mandatory life sentences for 19- and 20-year-olds. Colin Jackson has more.

The Michigan Court of Appeals has reversed an earlier ruling and held the state’s terroristic threats law does not violate the First Amendment. We have more from Rick Pluta.

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation is asking a judge to shield documents seized in a raid on its offices from an investigation by the state attorney general. We have more from Rick Pluta.

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.