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Old Chief: The solution you didn’t know you needed in aggravated stalking cases
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Michigan Supreme Court sentencing decisions, term 2025-2026
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Safe & Just Michigan
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Chelsea Richardson earns the Emerging Leader Award!
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SADO is Hiring an Assistant Defender!
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Spotlight on: Raymond C. Walen, Jr
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SADO'S Juvenile Lifer Unit seeks legal and mitigation interns
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The ABA’s Revised Ten Principles of Public Defense Delivery Systems: How Michigan is Meeting the Core Best Practices through Funding and Reform Established by the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission.
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Op-Ed: Ensure kids in justice system have fair representation
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SADO's Adrienne Young appointed to the MI Court of Appeals!
Governor Whitmer appoints career public defender to the bench -
SADO client Crystal Mulherin exonerated!
Wrongful Conviction Unit’s second exoneration since 2021 -
Breaking News: Decision holding mandatory life without parole unconstitutional for 18-year-olds is declared retroactive
People v Poole (Docket No. 352569) decided January 18, 2024 -
MAACS seeks summer interns/externs
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