Motorcycle relay for drug courts is subject of Court Stories video
A phalanx of motorcyclists – including 52-1 District Court Judge Robert Bondy – were the center of attention as they rolled up to the 15th District Court in Ann Arbor.
But even more riveting were the stories of recovery told by graduates of the 15th District’s drug and sobriety court program, at the May 22 “All Rise America!” rally, a stop on a 3,500-mile cross-country relay in support of drug and sobriety courts.
Spearheaded by the National Association of Drug Court Professionals, the annual All Rise America! National Motorcycle Relay for Recovery commemorates the work of the nation’s drug courts. The Ann Arbor rally was sponsored by the 15th District Court and the Michigan Association of Drug Court Professionals.
The “All Rise” video was produced by the Michigan Supreme Court Office of Public Information as part of the Court Stories online video series. Court Stories tells the everyday stories of Michigan courts and the people they serve. The series is on the “Michigan Courts” YouTube channel and on the Court’s web site.
New Court Stories videos will be announced as they are posted to the “Michigan Courts” YouTube channel, www.youtube.com/user/MichiganCourts?feature=plcp; and the Michigan Courts “One Court of Justice” web site.
Flint lawyer’s 2011 homicide still unsolved
FLINT, Mich. (AP) — The fatal shooting of a prominent civil rights activist in Michigan remains unsolved, two years after he was killed at his Flint home.
A former client was accused of stealing C. Frederick Robinson’s car and credit card, but she hasn’t been charged with the lawyer’s death. Renee “Lucky” Williams is in prison for manslaughter in the 2010 death of another man whose body was found in an abandoned house.
Robinson played an important role in Flint, outlawing housing discrimination in 1968. He also helped break a policy that had barred blacks from being buried at Flint Memorial Park cemetery. He was buried there in 2011 at age 79.
Flint police said the case remains open but there’s no new information to release. Hundreds of people attended Robinson’s funeral.
Lawmakers OK $4M to test Detroit rape kits
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan lawmakers have allocated $4 million to test thousands of unprocessed rape kits in the city of Detroit.
Supporters of the funding approved Thursday in Lansing say the goal is catching suspected rapists who’ve gone undetected for years because of a DNA testing backlog.
The state in 2009 discovered more than 11,000 untested kits dating back 25 years in a Detroit Police Department storage facility. Since Detroit's crime lab was closed, the state has been handling forensic testing for the police and county prosecutors.
It can cost $1,500 to test a rape kit, and limited funding makes it tough to reduce the backlog.
The rape kit funding is included in a supplemental budget bill sent to Gov. Rick Snyder on 106-3 and 37-1 votes in the House and Senate.
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