Mitigation Specialist - Juvenile Lifer Unit

Join Michigan’s State Appellate Defender Office (SADO) as a full-time, limited-term Mitigation Specialist in our Juvenile Lifer Unit. The salary range for this position is $55,582 to $93,250, depending on experience.  Mitigation Specialists will work with incarcerated clients who are newly eligible for resentencing hearings under the Michigan Supreme Court’s recent landmark ruling in People v Czarnecki and People v Taylor. Approximately 580 incarcerated Michiganders who were once sentenced to mandatory life imprisonment without the possibility of parole (LWOP) for homicide offenses that occurred when they were 19 or 20 years old are now entitled to resentencing. The Juvenile Lifer Unit is hiring additional, limited-term staff to provide direct representation to these individuals. 


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