Issue: Whether restitution ordered as part of a criminal sentence is punishment for purposes of the Constitution's ex post facto clause.

Buy this photo. Initially, Simpson said he was inclined to accept Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel’s request of a ten-day jail sentence, a decision that would have caused MacKeen-Shapiro to miss ...

WAVERLY, Ohio (WKRC) - The families of the victims in the George "Billy" Wagner IV murder case are urging a judge to reconsider his decision to move the trial out of Pike County. Wagner is one of ...

Buy this photo. This morning at approximately 8 a.m., FBI agents and Ann Arbor Police Department officers executed raids on homes of University of Michigan activists who engaged in pro-Palestianian ...

The prosecution, however, stands to benefit from a pretrial ruling from Judge Beverly Cannone barring defense attorneys from mentioning potential third-party culprits in their opening statements.

NEW ORLEANS (April 24, 2025) – Firearms Policy Coalition (FPC) responded today to the opening brief filed by the federal government at the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in the case of United States v ...

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced four judicial appointments Wednesday, including that of Judge Noah Hood to the Michigan Supreme Court. “A proud Detroiter, graduate of Harvard Law, and active member of ...

In a nearly unanimous vote, Michigan lawmakers in the state House passed a $115 million annual public safety fund aimed to decrease violent crime in communities. One of the sponsors for the bills to ...

Under HB202, in cases involving criminal use of force, a pretrial immunity hearing would be held for the defendant to prove they are immune from prosecution. "I've heard, this [pretrial hearing ...