Blog tagged as Crime Victims

The Senate approved extensions to Michigan's Statute of Limitation (SOL) laws for recovering damages for sexual crimes, which was part of a six-bill package passed after 2:20 a.m. Friday morning.

An attorney told a federal appellate panel Wednesday that a former Grand Rapids officer charged with murder used permitted methods to subdue a suspect resisting arrest.

Whether former House Speaker Lee Chatfield fathered “at least one of” his sister-in-law’s children is in question, according to a previously unreleased police report MIRS has reviewed roughly two years after the sexual assault investigation into Chatfield began.

Victims of older sexual assault cases could bring their cases to court much later after the attack than is currently allowed, under revised post-Larry Nassar legislation that was highlighted Thursday at a morning press conference.

Legislation extending the window for victims of violent crime to seek compensation from the state is near the finish line, pushing advocates to make a final call for its success, which they did Thursday during a vigil outside the Capitol.