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Safe & Just Michigan
Criminal Defense Newsletter | May 2026 -
Ask an appellate attorney: Would Alex Murdaugh have been granted a new trial if he had been an indigent defendant in Michigan?
Criminal Defense Newsletter | May 2026 -
We are Hiring!
Openings for a General Clerk and a Records Specialist -
What stability looks like in reentry
Criminal Defense Newsletter | May 2026 -
Sentencing for horrific crimes short of murder
Criminal Defense Newsletter | May 2026 -
SADO is hiring a General Clerk
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Social Media Matters
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Attempt penalties and other tricky research questions
Criminal Defense Newsletter | April 2026
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Past Site Content
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Statute Retroactively Depriving Juvenile Lifers of Earned Good Time and Disciplinary Credit Violates Ex Post Facto Clause
Hill v. Snyder, E.D. Mich., 10-cv-14568, Order entered April 9, 2018 -
Prisoners May Sue MDOC and Officials Under Elliot-Larsen
Does 11-18 v Dep't of Corrections, decided by the Court of Appeals March 27, 2018 -
Supreme Court Reinstates Trial Court Order Removing Defendant from Sex Offender Registry
People v Boban Temelkoski, ___ Mich ___ (entered January 24, 2018, Docket No. 150643). -
SADO's Project Reentry Presents "Your Best Life Reentry Workshop Series"
Next Workshop: TBA -
SADO Seeks Assistant Appellate Defenders
Applications due by February 9, 2018 -
SADO Seeks Contract Web Developer
Submit resume by February 2, 2018 -
SADO Attorneys to Argue Before Michigan Supreme Court at January Session
Arguments to be heard January 10 and 11, 2018 -
Lansing State Journal Study: Michigan Counties Spend At Least $108 Million More On Prosecution Than On Indigent Defense
Counties Seek $87 Million to Comply with New State Standards for Indigent Defense -
AIP: Making Investigations More Accessible for MAACS Appeals
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Former SADO Attorney Valerie Newman Now Director of Wayne County Prosecutor's Conviction Integrity Unit
Detroit Free Press reports on newly formed unit
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