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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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