Governor appoints experienced public defender to Ann Arbor’s 15th District Court judge seat
Updated Jan 06, 2021;
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ANN ARBOR, MI – A new judge is taking the bench in Ann Arbor.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has appointed attorney and lifelong Ann Arbor resident Miriam A. Perry to serve in the city’s 15th District Court.
“I am extremely excited to be joining the 15th District Court and I’m humbled the governor chose me to serve the people of my hometown,” Perry said.
Perry was officially sworn in on Dec. 30 and is going through orientation ahead of hearing her first cases, which are expected to begin Jan. 11. She fills a seat vacated by the retirement of Elizabeth Pollard Hines who left Nov. 1 after 28 years on the bench.
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Women lawyers, who have been pushing for the prosecution of police officers who allegedly raped some women in Msundwe, Lilongwe say the women lawyers grouping is surprised with the prolonged silence on the matter.
The Women Lawyers Association of Malawi took the matter to court on behalf of the sexual victims.
Women Lawyers Association of Malawi spokesperson Atupele Masanjala said the association lawyers are waiting for the court to set a date to proceed with the Msundwe sexual abuse case.
She said the association is equally surprised that there is silence from the police as well on the matter.
The Women Lawyers Association (WLA) of Malawi insists that it is waiting for the court to set a date to proceed with the Msundwe sexual abuse case.
Several women and girls from Msundwe, Mâbwatalika and Mpingu trading centres in Lilongwe were allegedly sexually abused by some cops who were deployed to restore order in the area following a political fracas.
Members of the community had earlier killed in cold blood a police officer at a roadblock that the mob had mounted to stop people from attending a presidential function.
Following a public outcry, Police authorities instituted a probe into the incident, but have since kept its findings secret, a move that raises doubts on whether justice will prevail.
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