Category: Michigan Law
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It’s Halloween! Time to Get Your Pimp on! (Not Really…)
With every passing year, the issue of Halloween costumes gets more fraught with controversy. Issues like over-sexualization of children, ethnic and cultural appropriation, and violence are buzz words every year around this time. But we don’t want to talk to you about that (if you really want to read about it, you only have to…
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How Teens Are Affected by Sex Crime Laws in Michigan (Pt 3)
Welcome back and thanks for joining us for the wrap up of this discussion about how teens are affected by sex crime laws here in Michigan. As we’ve pointed out in the previous two articles, teens can end up being prosecuted for child pornography simply for sharing nude pictures of each other during ‘sexting’, and…
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Could Sex With Your Spouse be a Crime in Michigan?
The very idea seems preposterous to some people. That you could be married to someone and yet still get into trouble with the law for having a sexual relationship with them. But believe it or not, there actually are certain situations where having sex with your spouse could be illegal. Think we’re kidding? Or maybe…
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Sex Offenders: Don’t Get Tricked This Halloween!
It’s that time of year again! Jack o’ lanterns, and candy and … you guessed it: lots of little kids running around in costumes all over the different neighborhoods around Michigan. It’s a really fun time for most people – getting dressed up as your favorite characters, going to parties, eating enough junk to…
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Do Sex Offender Laws Really Help Michiganders, Or do They Harm us?
There was an opinion piece published recently on one of the American Civil Liberties Union websites, that asked some very thought-provoking questions. Specifically, the author – Deborah Jacobs, who serves as the Executive Director of the ACLU of New Jersey – raised the subject of sex offender rules and how they may actually do…
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Do New College Students Have to Take Sexual Assault Prevention Training in Michigan?
Amidst the uproar of the Dr. Larry Nassar scandal, and the #MeToo movement, there has been something of a revolution when it comes to social responses to sexual assault. Industries, universities, and corporations all over the country have come under public scrutiny in the last year for how they handle allegations of sexual assault.…
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What’s The Statute of Limitations on Sex Crimes in Michigan?
One of the factors that often impacts the prosecution of sex assault crimes (like rape or child molestation) is the statute of limitations. For those of you who might not be sure what that is, the statute of limitations is a law that forbids prosecutors from charging someone with a crime after a specified…
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“Yes Means Yes” Legislation Introduced in Michigan
Senator Curtis Hertel feels very strongly about the issue of consent here in Michigan. Strongly enough in fact, that he has introduced a bill in response to the issue, and hopes to change the way consent is taught in Michigan schools. “Under the current system, my daughter will be taught where not to…
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New Bill To Outlaw Undercover Officers Having Sex With Prostitutes
Under the Michigan law as it is written today, there is a loophole in the criminal statute governing prostitution. It allows undercover police officers to have sex with prostitutes as part of their investigations. House Representative Gary Glenn has introduced a bill he hopes will close that loophole and in doing so, protect trafficking…
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Indecent Exposure – What You Need To Know
The term ‘indecent exposure’ tends to conjure the image of some drunk guy, urinating in a parking lot after staggering around in search of a bathroom. Or perhaps you think about a furtive man in a public park, wearing nothing but a trench coat that he whips open as soon as some young girl…