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Sanilac County Circuit Judge Ross Gives Visitation Rights to Child Rapist

Justice? The victim’s address was revealed to her abuser and the judge ordered that the convicted rapist's name be added to the child’s birth certificate.

(SALEM, Ore.) - A Michigan judge has granted parental rights to a convicted sex offender, providing the man with access to a child who is the product of the rape of a 12-year-old girl.

Sanilac County Circuit Judge Gregory Ross in Michigan has given parental rights to a man that raped a 12-year old girl over a matter of days while he held her and her young friend against their will, threatening their lives.

NASCAR: Jeff Gordon Wins at Michigan

Kevin Harvick placed second, 1.413 seconds behind Gordon.

(BROOKLYN, Mich. ) - Jeff Gordon passed Joey Logano on a restart with 17 laps to go and held off the field to win the Pure Michigan 400 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race on Sunday at Michigan International Speedway.

Gordon has 91 career wins on the premier circuit, which ranks first among active drivers and third all-time.

NASCAR: Tony Stewart Will Not Race at Michigan

Earlier this week, Stewart canceled plans to race at Plymouth Speedway (in Indiana) this weekend.

(BROOKLYN, Michigan) - Tony Stewart will not drive this weekend in the Sprint Cup Series at Michigan International Speedway. Instead, Jeff Burton will drive the No. 14 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing at the 2-mile track.

According to a team release, the driver change only pertains to the Michigan race. Stewart's plans for the upcoming Sprint Cup Series schedule have yet to be determined.

Isabella County Michigan Sheriff Responds to Salem-News Article About Government Theft of Veteran`s Home

Isabella County Sheriff Responds Over Visner Case

(SALEM) - Many readers have been following the story of Ted Visner, the Michigan man who was buying a home from a sheriff's office employee in Isabella County, only to return from a weekend outing with his family to find a padlock on his door, and his property vanished.

Ted Visner says the Isabella County Sheriff's Office and the sheriff himself, Leo Mioduszewski, are directly complicit in the theft of his family's property...

Petitioning US Attorney`s Office / US Department of Justice - Corruption in Isabella County Michigan

Michigan Family Loses Home and it's Contents to employed members of the Isabella County Sheriff's Department without Due Process, without a police report, without a receipt, without warning and without any legal justification what-so-ever.

(MT. PLEASANT, MI) - Family lost home and it's contents when two employees of the Isabella County Sheriff's Department acted together (while in disguise) to take the home in the absence of due process.

Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands 3 Sentenced to Time Served Plus 13 Months Probation

Following over a month of jail time after a guilty verdict by a jury, the MICATS 3 were sentenced to time served plus 13 months probation by Ingham County Circuit Judge William Collette

(DETROIT) - “Though my heart aches for moments I will miss, I regret nothing,” wrote Lisa Leggio from her cell in Ingham County Jail while awaiting sentencing.

On March 5, Leggio, and her fellow MICATS (Michigan Coalition Against Tar Sands) members Barbara Carter and Vicci Hamlin were sentenced to 13 months of probation, plus $45,000 in restitution charges to the police..

Viewpoint: Supporting Full and Equal Academic Freedom

Article from The Michigan Daily written by Students Allied for Freedom and Equality.

(DETROIT) - In early December, the Academic Studies Association — the largest academic organization devoted to the interdisciplinary study of American culture and history — decided to heed Palestinian civil society’s call for “Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions,” and voted overwhelmingly to boycott Israeli academic institutions.

The decision made headline news...

Police Attempt to Turn Tables Against Michigan Crime Victim Ted Visner

"My home and it's contents were stolen by the Isabella County Sheriff Department (Michigan) and I have been pursuing criminal charges against the police for the better part of three years now. Today I learned that I am under criminal investigation."

(SALEM) - Ted Visner is a victim of official corruption and now it appears the police are attempting to frame him to shut him up. Visner's hard reality is a cruel one.

He has been wrestling with unprecedented criminal behavior within the Isabella, Michigan Sheriff's Department in one of the most incredible stories we have ever reported.

Sheriff`s Department Takes Family`s Home and Contents Using a Fake Eviction

Theodore Visner and Kathy Smith are having trouble getting their story out...

(MT. PLEASANT, MI) - U.S. Navy veteran Ted Visner and his wife, Kathy Smith of Mt. Pleasant, Michigan, have been living a nightmare for two and a half years.

AATA Revises Unconstitutional Advertising Policy But Says Anti-Israel Ads Still Won`t be Allowed

The ACLU has argued that a governmental entity cannot censor speech just because it is controversial, unpopular or stirs people's emotions.

(ANN ARBOR Michigan ) - The Ann Arbor Transportation Authority's board of directors held a special meeting Thursday to revise the agency's advertising policy after a federal judge declared parts of it unconstitutional.

But the agency maintains an anti-Israel advertisement calling for a boycott of Israel — what originally prompted a legal debate over the agency's policy — still won't be allowed on its buses.