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James Crumbley convicted of involuntary manslaughter over son's school shooting

March 15, 2024

The Crumbleys represent a rare case of parents being charged in connection with a shooting carried out by their child. James Crumbley chose not to testify in his trial with the defense resting after only calling one witness Wednesday. He had pleaded not guilty to all charges.

Read more at ABC News

Legal action could end use of toxic sewage sludge on US crops as fertilizer

March 13, 2024

New legal action could put an end to the practice of spreading toxic sewage sludge on US cropland as a cheap alternative to fertilizer, and force America to rethink how it disposes of its industrial and human waste.

Read more at The Guardian

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Nitrous oxide whippet abuse bill signed into Michigan law

March 12, 2024

The bill, SB 58, adds the sale or offer for sale of an object designed to facilitate the inhalation of nitrous oxide for recreational use to the existing penalties for other drug paraphernalia.

Read more at Fox 2 Detroit

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House committee holds hearing on expanding exoneration law

March 11, 2024

The Michigan House Judiciary Committee held its first hearing Tuesday on measures to update the state's exoneration law. One of the bills would allow defendants who pleaded guilty to ask to have their cases reopened.

Read more at Michigan Public NPR

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What a strange traffic stop in Romeo reveals about Michigan’s ‘wandering cop’ laws

March 8, 2024

This case goes deeper than allegations of a cop abusing his power to seek revenge. A Metro Times investigation reveals that both the Warren and Romeo police departments violated laws aimed at preventing “wandering cops,” or officers who move from department to department amid allegations of misconduct.

Read more at Detroit Metro Times

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Judge Strikes Down Law Requiring Corporate-Ownership Disclosure

March 6, 2024

The act became effective Jan. 1. Congress hoped it would help stop money-laundering by rooting out the use of anonymous shell companies and would track the flow of illicit money and protect U.S. national security interests.

Read more at: The Wall Street Journal

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Michigan cop’s mistake leads to $320,000 deal

March 4, 2024

Michigan cop’s mistake leads to $320,000 deal with Japanese man wrongly accused of drunken driving

Ryohei Akima blew a 0.02 on the test, but it was mistakenly read by the Fowlerville officer as 0.22 — nearly three times over Michigan’s blood-alcohol limit for driving.

Read more at NBC News

Perdue, Sanderson to settle with distributors in chicken price-fixing cases

March 1, 2024
Perdue, Sanderson and other chicken suppliers have agreed to settle claims that they conspired for years to fix poultry prices, costing food distributors millions of dollars in overcharges. Consumers, direct purchasers of chicken and commercial plaintiffs such as restaurants and grocery stores in the coordinated cases accused the defendants of conspiring for years to keep prices artificially high by curbing production and sharing nonpublic data about supply and demand.
The plaintiffs have inked more than $284 million in prior settlements with other chicken producers.
Read more at Reuters
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Supreme Court won’t hear case of woman ticketed for honking horn

February 27, 2024

The appeal to the high court was brought by Susan Porter of California, who received a ticket in 2017 for honking her car’s horn in support of a group rallying outside the office of her congressman

Read more at The Hill

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Northern Michigan business fined $750K

February 26, 2024
Northern Michigan business fined $750K for deleting emissions controls on semi-trucks
The company and the individual defendants pleaded guilty to charges of conspiring to violate the Clean Air Act.
Diesel Freak is a diesel repair and electronics modification facility headquartered in Gaylord. The company designs and builds electronic monitoring and modification kits that adjust engine power and fuel efficiency through Wi-Fi connections with trucks on the road.
Read more at mLive
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