Illegal Concealed Weapons in Michigan – Criminal Defense Attorney
What are the consequences for carrying illegal concealed weapons in Michigan? Could a technicality land someone in prison? Let’s take a look at a case that made headlines in 2017.
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The Keepers: Does the State Need to Keep the Church Accountable?
In the new Netflix documentary, The Keepers, one of the central questions for the viewing audience turns the traditional thinking about church and state on its head.
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Sexually Assaulted Teen Rescued After Unexpected Arrival of Abductor’s Wife
Imagine coming home early one day, chatting with your husband in the kitchen when police barge in and find a 13-year-old girl in your upstairs closet. Then finding out your husband has sexually assaulted and imprisoned her. It sounds pretty unimaginable. It’s was one Kalamazoo, Michigan woman’s reality in May.
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Prescription Drugs Abuse in Michigan: What You Need To Know
Did you know that 91 people die every day from opioid abuse in the United States? From 1999 to 2015, the number of overdose deaths involving opioids quadrupled. Four times as many people die today from abusing Methadone, Heroin, OxyContin and Vicodin – for instance – than in 1999, only 17 years ago. According to the…
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Female Genital Mutilation and United States Law
Female Genital Mutilation or FGM has been in national news recently due to the Michigan’s second doctor being arrested for conducting this procedure.
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Title IX and Discrimination: What You Need To Know
Michigan State University continues to be under scrutiny this year following the arrest of MSU sports medicine, Dr. Larry Nassar. He has been charged with criminal sexual assault and has had many gymnasts. Former gymnasts are adding their voice to a growing number of plaintiffs in a civil suit against him for sexual assault. Many…
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Michigan’s Safe Delivery of Newborns Law
Are you pregnant, about to give birth and not sure what to do? Did your partner suddenly change his mind and decide not to support you? Maybe you’re just scared and you feel like you have no one to turn to. This situation is dangerous for mothers and babies. But there’s help for you –…
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Burden of Proof and How It Affects You
Those of us who are old enough remember the OJ Simpson trial very well. We remember seeing the white Bronco on the LA freeways in a low-speed chase with police. We remember the trial that lasted for a long time and the court drawings that made their way on our TV screens night after night….
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Abuse of Process: Dad’s By Default and Michigan Law
Have you heard of abuse of process? Reginald Whitlow, Anthony Sims, and Carnell Alexander are all Michigan men who have been named as the father of children they didn’t conceive. Their lives have been ruined by the legal action taken against them to make them pay for these children. Under Michigan law, this is legal…
