I am writing today to announce the closure of the Michigan Messenger. After four years of operation in Michigan, the board of the American Independent News Network, has decided to shift publication of its news into a single site, The American Independent at Americanindependent.com. This is part of a shift in strategy, towards new forms [...]
An abstinence-only presentation provided to numerous school districts in Calhoun and Eaton Counties in October of this year provided false and misleading information to students about HIV, experts allege.
Two county registers of deeds filed a class action lawsuit Monday on behalf of Michigan’s 83 counties alleging that the Mortgage Electronic Registration Services owes millions of dollars in property title transfer taxes.
Despite evidence of the impact of mercury on children and public health, Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette last month joined with 24 other state attorneys general in filing a lawsuit to scuttle new EPA regulations that would reduce mercury emissions from power plants.
A bill that would require the parole opportunities be granted to those convicted as juveniles has been introduced in the U.S. House.
The Juvenile Justice Accountability and Improvement Act of 2009(HR2289), sponsored by Rep. Robert “Bobby” Scott (D-Virginia) and Rep. John Conyers (D-Detroit), would require states to establish a system for allowing parole review for juvenile offenders during the first 15 years of their sentence.
Michigan has approximately 350 prisoners serving life without parole for crimes they committed while under 18.
This month the Michigan House held a hearing on legislation that would end life without parole sentencing for those under 18 and create a system of parole review for those serving life.
Also this month, the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider whether life without parole constitutes cruel and unusual punishment when applied to juveniles.
In a letter to the House Judiciary Committee Human Rights Watch urged support for the bill and noted that the U.S. is the only country that allows juveniles to be sentenced to life without parole, a practice which is banned under international law.
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