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14-A District Court
by P.D. Lesko
Data collected by Michigan's State Court Administrative Office shows that the judges who serve the people of our county have seen a slight uptick in the total number of cases filed between 2021 (47,026) and 2024 (52,164).!-->!-->!-->…
Why Are Black People in Ypsilanti Disproportionately Arrested on Bench Warrants?
Part 1: Data Trends
Black men and women in Ypsilanti accounted for 63% (1,179 of 1,869) of all Washtenaw County arrests in 2014 on “failure to appear” bench warrants, even though they make up less than 2% of the county’s total…