Unfair Michigan system keeps poor in jail, lets rich walk free msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Keeping a vow she made during her election campaign last year, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald announced Tuesday that she has taken steps to give “juvenile lifers” a chance for parole.
McDonald said in a news release Tuesday that she had filed resentencing notices with the Michigan Attorney General’s Office and with Oakland County Circuit Court on behalf of 22 state prison inmates who d committed crimes in Oakland County. A resentencing notice amounts to a detailed review of a case and a recommendation for a new sentence with a possibility for parole.
Each of the 22 inmates had been convicted of homicide as a juvenile and sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole a sentence declared unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court in a sweeping 2012 decision called Miller v. Alabama.
On Monday, Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald announced her office’s decisions in 22 juvenile lifer cases after completing a review under the terms of the Hill v. Whitmer (2020) class action settlement.
Oakland prosecutor takes steps to resentence juvenile lifers msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
New Oakland County human trafficking unit makes arrests in Madison Heights
Girls were being trafficked online
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OAKLAND COUNTY, Mich. – Police arrested two people in a human trafficking bust in Oakland County.
Two people are in custody and Oakland County Prosecutor Karen McDonald hopes a third suspect will be in custody soon.
The bust was the result of several months of work by Madison Heights Police Department, Homeland Security and other organizations.
The bust was made by the first ever Oakland County Prosecutor Office Unit which is focused on human and sex trafficking.
There were thousands of ads for prostitution as girls were being trafficked online in Metro Detroit. McDonald said a massive investigation found adults trafficking minors for sex in Madison Heights motels.