Michigan was the first state to abolish capital punishment. Actually, it was the first English-speaking territory in the world that did so. That was because it happened in 1847. Yet in 2002, Marvin Gabrion was sentenced to death for a crime he committed in Michigan. How could this be?
How do you know which crimes are state crimes and which are federal crimes? Sometimes television shows have federal law enforcement bodies, such as the FBI, investigating the same types of crimes as police departments. Since we tend to know less about how these agencies operate, it can be confusing.
“I will not rest until every last trace of the influence you had on this sport has been destroyed like the cancer it is.” These are the words of Aly Raisman. She is now a doubly famous Olympic Gold gymnast who has courageously used her Olympic fame as a platform to speak for all the…
Did you know? The 2017-2018 session in our state’s legislature is full of gun bills as a result of House Republicans’ commitment to “defend second amendment rights” in this session. As a result, most of the gun bills you will see below have been introduced by Republicans. However, only a few have been introduced by…
A battle over gun ownership rights is happening right here in Michigan. Now it’s headed to the Supreme Court. Michigan’s Supreme Court, that is. It may not be long before our nation’s highest court is hearing cases similar to this one. Repeated gun violence and terrorist threats have resulted in students making a protest across…
Thanks to several decades of police procedural television, many people know a lot of legal speech. Some of you also know some of the more important constitutional rights that may be used to defend you in a court of law if you should find yourself facing charges after being searched or having your property seized.
An article was published in MLive about the Washtenaw Intermediate School District. It covered how the county has adopted a new program – Handle With Care. Handle With Care is basically a training and informational program designed to help teachers and school administrators to recognize the signs of trauma in children.
Should a 15-year-old kid be woken in the middle of the night to the sounds of police banging on his door and then questioned in his underwear? What if that kid had made a video mimicking the Columbine shooters basement tapes, talking about how he and two friends were going to shoot up their high…
There is so much to say about the issue of gun violence and mental health. It’s hard to know where to begin. Nikolas Cruz is the person who allegedly killed 17 students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Valentine’s Day 2018.
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