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The Drum: Articles, Stories, and Resources for the JLWOP Community
The June 2022 issue of The Drum is now available. The Drum is a publication, produced by SADO’s Project Reentry, featuring articles by and for former juvenile lifers returning to the community. The Drum also identifies a wide variety of resources for returning citizens, including financial budgeting, employment opportunities, and community tips. This month's edition features a Celebration of Juneteenth, updates on Clean Slate legislation and the good time initiative, In Memoriams for Kevin Cottingham and Patrick Bates, job opportunities, and much more! Read More
Actual Versus Potential Danger or Threats Under OV 19 and OV 9
When it comes to interpretation of the statutory sentencing guidelines, the Michigan Supreme Court has often weighed in on the thornier questions. One of those questions percolating now is whether the offense variables were meant to capture actual Read more
Mini-Oral Argument on Application Granted
People v Menayetta Michell Yeager, MSC No. 164055 (COA No. 346074), MOAA granted May 25, 2022.
The Court directed the parties to address whether: (1) the appellant’s trial attorney engaged in sound strategy by failing to request a voluntary manslaughter instruction Read more
Listen To ‘From The Numbers’
Storytellers Share Their Stories of Redemption
Safe & Just Michigan, in partnership with Muskegon-based Fresh Coast Alliance, is excited to launch ‘From the Numbers,’ a new storytelling-based project that will Read more
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- From Other States: June, 2022
- Legislative Update: June, 2022
- New and Interesting in the Brief Bank: June, 2022
- From the Michigan Supreme Court: Cases for Argument - May 2022
- Local Success: September, 2021
- Surveillance News: Apple iPhone Surveillance & Facial Recognition in Retail Stores
- Circuit Court Opinion of the Month: Firearm Suppression in Federal Court
- From Our Readers: Tips for State Criminal Defense Lawyers from a (Former) Federal Practitioner
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