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The story of Detroit and many other cities across the U.S. are tales of predatory governance

Tags: Metro Detroit, Books, Government, Detroit foreclosure crisis, Wayne County, systemic racism in Detroit

“These guys ain’t got no hope. It’s heartbreaking,” an exoneree says

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, Police, Mike Duggan, Detroit, Wayne County, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, public records, Michigan Attorney General's Office, Dana Nessel

The 50-year-old winner had a daily ritual of buying scratch-off lottery tickets

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Michigan Lottery, lottery, Wayne County, scratch-off ticket, Wild Cherry, $1 million, Way Station, Plymouth

The mayor's spokesman lied about laws protecting prosecutor files

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, News, Police, Mayor Duggan, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Detroit, Wayne County, Mark Craighead, wrongfully convicted, purged files

Chief Richard Tanguay argues he was fired for exposing misconduct

Tags: Metro Detroit, Police, Government, Gibraltar, Wayne County, Gibraltar Police, Richard Tanguay, lawsuit, whistleblower, Wayne County Circuit Court

The new jail has been plagued by reports of fighting, flooding, suicides, restricted attorney access, and inmates being forced to defecate in plastic bags

Tags: Metro Detroit, Government, Police, Wayne County, Detroit, Wayne County Jail, Wayne County Criminal Justice Center, unlawful detention, inmates, lawsuit, U.S. District Court

The unlawful destruction of records has made it exceedingly difficult for wrongfully convicted inmates to prove their innocence

Tags: Metro Detroit, Civil Rights, Police, Mike Duggan, Wayne County, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Kym Worthy, Dana Nessel, Michigan Attorney General's Office, prisoners, exonerations

The Detroit Board of Police Commissioners is also pledging take action against former Detective Barbara Simon, who is accused of using deceptive tactics to elicit false confessions

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Police, Barbara Simon, Mark Craighead, Prosecutor Kym Worthy, Wayne County, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, Detroit Police Department, Warren Evans

“Honestly, I would rather die than go back there,” the 16-year-old girl says

Tags: Metro Detroit, Civil Rights, Police, Wayne County, Wayne County Juvenile Detention Center, juveniles, jail, Detroit, Detroit police, Willie Burton

The controversy is likely going to be hashed out in court

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Government, Judge Dana Hathaway, Wayne County Circuit Court, Detroit, Wayne County, Robert Davis, ballot, election, Michigan Bureau of Elections, Michigan Secretary of State

The popular Wayne County Circuit judge was hospitalized last month

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Dana Hathaway, election, Wayne County Circuit Court, judge, Detroit, Wayne County, affidavit of identity, Robert Davi

“I know I’m doing the right thing,” Sundus Jaber says after filing whistleblower lawsuit against 35th District Court

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Sundus Jaber, 35th District Court, public defender, Regional Managed Assigned Counsel Office, lawsuit, U.S. District Court, Wayne County, Plymouth

Activists and the Detroit City Council say the city is cheating lower-income residents by illegally and disproportionately overtaxing homes

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Real Estate, property tax foreclosures, homes, evictions, Detroit, Wayne County, Treasurer Sabree, Coalition for Property Tax Justice, Detroit City Council

The lawsuit alleges the Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation is putting residents at risk of flooding

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Real Estate, Urban Renewal Initiative Foundation, lawsuit, Wayne County, Fox Creek, drain pipe, A. Paul and Carol C. Schaap Center for the Performing Arts, Fox Creek Drainage District, drain easement

First responders were called to the popular judge’s Grosse Pointe Park home on Wednesday afternoon

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Wayne County, court, Wayne County Circuit Court, Dana Hathaway, court

Steven Allen is accused of using a judge’s ATM card to make illegal purchases

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Crime, Dana Nessel, Michigan, 36th Circuit Court, Wayne County, judge, embezzlement, Attorney General

Raphael Washington is accused of violating the county’s ethics ordinance

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, Government, Wayne County, Wayne County Sheriff' Office, Raphael Washington, Reginald Crawford, ethics, Wayne County ethics ordinance, gifts

The William Dickerson Detention Facility has come under fire earlier this year for ‘deplorable’ and ‘inhumane’ conditions

Tags: Metro Detroit, News, William Dickerson Detention Facility, Juvenile detention facility, Wayne County, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court, nurses, juveniles

Robert Davis argues that Trump is ineligible to run because he engaged in an insurrection on Jan. 6.

Tags: Politics & Elections, News, Politics & Government, Robert Davis, lawsuit, Wayne County Circuit Court, Wayne County, Wayne County Election Commission, Donald Trump, politics, election

The $4.8 million test pilot is aimed at making defendants more productive members of society

Tags: Metro Detroit News, News, Crime, Politics & Government, Wayne County Prosecutor's Office, jobs, Wayne County, crimes, court, Focus: Hope, Bridgewater Interiors, Stellantis, Detroit Works, Goodwill Industries, Michigan Rehabilitation Services, Carpenters and Millwrights