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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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Attempt penalties and other tricky research questions
Criminal Defense Newsletter | April 2026
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Past Site Content
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Michigan Appellate Assigned Counsel System Accepting Applications
SADO's Sister Agency Opens Roster for Level I Attorneys -
SADO Helps Secure Freedom for Brothers in 1987 Murder Case
Charges Against Thomas and Raymond Highers Dismissed -
Appellate Defender Commission Praises Legislature
Calls Michigan Indigent Defense Commission Act "Groundbreaking" -
SADO Welcomes Summer Interns
Students Will Work on Juvenile Lifer Cases with Assistant Defenders -
SADO Attorney to Argue Again in the United States Supreme Court
Valerie Newman Appointed to Represent Respondent before Nation's High Court -
Detroit Crime Lab Crisis Results in Another New Trial
Case Marks Fifth New Trial Granted to a SADO Client -
SADO Receives DOJ Grant Funding for Sentencing Project
One of Four Programs Nationally to Receive the Gideon Grant -
Michigan Supreme Court Grants SADO Appeal in 2001 Case
Newly Discovered Evidence from Rape Conviction Results in Dismissal of Case -
SADO, and Private Attorney Group, to Represent Juveniles Impacted by US Supreme Court Decision
Over 300 Juvenile Offenders are Serving Unconstitutional Sentences in Michigan -
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