In a mixed verdict that may land the defendant back on trial, a Wayne County jury has acquitted Michael Jackson-Bolanos of premeditated, first-degree murder for the death of Samantha Woll, the beloved synagogue leader and political activist whose fall 2023 stabbing death devastated the metro Detroit Jewish community and continues to torment her family.
Read MoreGoogle and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a major role in the fake electors plot.
Read MoreThe high court’s 6-3 opinion along ideological lines sided with James Snyder, who was convicted of taking $13,000 from a trucking company after prosecutors said he steered about $1 million worth of city contracts the company’s way.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Friday struck down a federal ban on bump stocks approved by former President Donald Trump, the high court’s latest stroke limiting the power of federal agencies to act on their own.
Read MoreA former Detroit judge suspended from the bench for six years—who nevertheless filed to run again in 2024—may not do so, the Michigan Court of Claims ruled while criticizing the secretary of state for allowing the candidacy to move forward.
Read MoreThe internet and media outlets were quick to judgment after video of Corey Harris' court hearing went viral. But court records show a judge ordered Harris' license reinstated in 2022.
Read MoreThe Supreme Court on Thursday unanimously backed the National Rifle Association in a First Amendment ruling that could make it harder for state regulators to pressure advocacy groups.
Read More"Based upon the totality of the evidence, my office cannot move forward in the prosecution of the charges filed against Mr. Scheffler," O'Connell said. "Mr. Scheffler's characterization that this was a 'big misunderstanding' is corroborated by the evidence. The evidence we reviewed supports the conclusion that Detective [Bryan] Gillis was concerned for public safety at the scene when he initiated contact with Mr. Scheffler. However, Mr. Scheffler's actions and the evidence surrounding their exchange during this misunderstanding do not satisfy the elements of any criminal offenses."
Read MoreMichigan is among the 29 states listed as co-plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed in the Southern District of New York, a federal district court. The DOJ and the states are asking the court to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster, which merged in 2010. How the companies should be split isn't specified in the lawsuit.
Read MoreGoogle and X, formerly Twitter, recently provided hundreds of files to Michigan prosecutors for their 2020 election subversion probe, complying with search warrants that investigators obtained after CNN revealed secret social media accounts belonging to pro-Trump lawyer Kenneth Chesebro, who played a major role in the fake electors plot.
Read MoreAn Ingham County judge dismissed a lawsuit brought against former Michigan State football coach Mel Tucker by the woman the school said he sexually harassed.
Read MoreAttorneys for the former Grand Rapids police officer charged in the April 2022 fatal shooting of Patrick Lyoya are asking the Michigan Supreme Court to consider whether Christopher Schurr, who faces a second-degree murder charge, should have to stand trial.
Read MoreA top aide to former Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says he intends to sue the state and Wayne County for malicious prosecution over criminal charges that were brought against him in connection with the lead poisoning of Flint's drinking water supply.
Read MoreA year after his firing over a sexual harassment scandal, disgraced Detroit Pistons executive Rob Murphy and the team have settled a contentious lawsuit with his accuser: DeJanai Raska, a former executive assistant to the powerful basketball figure who accused her boss of sexually taunting her for months.
Read MoreThe family of the Black teenager who was shot in the head after ringing the doorbell of the wrong home in Kansas City, Missouri, last year, filed a lawsuit Monday on his behalf against the White man who shot him and the residential homeowners association where the house is located.
Read MoreIn his appeal, Kelly argued that Illinois’ former and shorter statute of limitations on child sex prosecutions should have applied to his Chicago case rather than current law permitting charges while an accuser is still alive.
Read More“We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes because that testimony served no material non-propensity purpose,” the ruling states.
Read MoreU.S. Supreme Court justices on Tuesday signaled support for Starbucks (SBUX.O), in the coffee chain's challenge to a judicial order requiring it to rehire seven employees at a Memphis cafe who were fired as they pursued unionization.
Read MoreThe US Supreme Court confronted the nation's homelessness crisis on Monday, weighing whether a ban on sleeping in public is cruel and unusual punishment.
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