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Jun 4, 2020

ACLU Urges Washtenaw County Prosecutor: Do Not Prosecute Sha'Teina Grady El

The American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan (ACLU) has sent a letter, addressed to the Washtenaw County Prosecutor, urging them not to press charges against Sha'Teina Grady El, who was brutally beaten by...

Jun 3, 2020

Surviving Behind Bars: Mr. James Adrian

The odds were stacked against James Adrian from the time he was a child.

With a...

By Curt Guyette

The odds were stacked against James Adrian from the time he was a child.

With a...

By Curt Guyette

May 29, 2020

Turn the Milton Hall Tragedy into Triumph

As America recoils in horror at video images of the killing of George Floyd earlier this month, a Black Minnesota man, it is important to remember that this is a very old story.

By Mark P. Fancher

As America recoils in horror at video images of the killing of George Floyd earlier this month, a Black Minnesota man, it is important to remember that this is a very old story.

By Mark P. Fancher

May 27, 2020

Looking past COVID-19 Toward a More Just Legal System

Across Michigan, people have been released from county jails in record numbers to help protect them from contracting the deadly coronavirus. Read from the viewpoint of the Chippewa County Chief Public...

May 9, 2020

The ACLU People Power Tour Continues Virtually

When we launched the ACLU People Power Tour late last year, the idea was to join forces with supporters and coalition partners to hold townhalls in communities across the state. We would talk about our...

Apr 14, 2020

Unprotected in Prison: Pleas for Help from the Inside

As the coronavirus sweeps through many of Michigan’s prisons, Muskegon Correctional Facility has reportedly been spared – so far. But the people who are housed there say they fear the worst when they're not...

By Curt Guyette