LGBT rights lawyer running for Michigan attorney general
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — A lawyer who helped win a legal battle to strike down Michigan’s gay marriage ban is running for state attorney general.
Dana Nessel, a Democrat, announced her campaign Tuesday in Ann Arbor.
Democrats and Republicans will choose their attorney general nominees at conventions next summer. Pat Miles, the former U.S. attorney in Grand Rapids, is signaling he too will seek the Democratic nomination, saying Tuesday to “stay tuned.”
Second-term Republican Attorney General Bill Schuette can’t run again due to term limits and is expected to enter the governor’s race.
Nessel is a criminal defense attorney and former assistant prosecutor who also advocates for LGBT rights. She was one of the two lawyers in the DeBoer vs. Snyder case, which challenged Michigan bans against same-sex adoption and marriage.
Former youth pastor enters plea in decade-old abuse case
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) — A former youth pastor has admitted to sexually abusing a young boy in western Michigan a decade ago.
WOOD-TV reports 31-year-old Daniel Hoffman pleaded guilty last week to two counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct. He’s jailed without bond ahead of sentencing, which is scheduled for Sept. 11.
Authorities say Hoffman was being treated at a hospital for mental health issues last year when he told a nurse about the abuse. The victim, a former neighbor if Hoffman in Jenison who is now an adult, told detectives that it happened between 2003 and 2008. Hoffman was charged in May.
Since the period when the alleged abused took place, Hoffman worked in a school district and as a youth minister.
CAP Kick-Off 2017-18: ‘New Requirements from the MIDC’
The Wayne County Criminal Advocacy Program is hosting its first seminar of 2017-18, “New Requirements from the MIDC,” from 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Aug. 25 (late registrations will not be permitted beyond 1:45 p.m.). The seminar will be held at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Two Woodward Avenue, Detroit, in the Erma Henderson Auditorium on the 13th Floor. Speaking on the new requirements will be Jonathan Sacks of the Michigan Indigent Defense Commission, and moderating the seminar will be Matt Evans, attorney and CAP board member.
Certification of attendance is required in order to obtain court assignments in Wayne County. The make-up seminar for “New Requirements from the MIDC” will be held at 1:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 8 in the Jury Assembly Room on the first floor of the Frank Murphy Hall of Justice, 1025 E. Forest in Detroit. For additional information visit www.capwayne.org.
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