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Judge Miriam Perry

A2Politico: Our County Courts Have the “Slows” and the Human Costs Are Staggering

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 28, 2025

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).…

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Corruption On Display: The Ann Arbor City Attorney, the Washtenaw County Prosecutor, and the Irwin/Eyer DV Case

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Apr 7, 2021 25

by Patricia Lesko The majority of domestic abusers are poorly-educated, white men. In the case of Mitchell Irwin, the abuser is a 1 Percenter Poster Boy, an educated, rich, 68-year-old white man, a former Michigan State Senator,…

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Mitchell Irwin Sentenced on Domestic Violence Charge

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 23, 2021 41

On March 23, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. Ann Arbor 15th District Court Judge Miriam A. Perry sentenced former Michigan state senator Mitchell L. Irwin on a single charge of domestic violence, a misdemeanor. Irwin is the father of Michigan state…