Oakland County judge, court referee to be honored Nov. 16
Oakland County Probate Judge Elizabeth Pezzetti and Friend of the Court Referee Betty Lowenthal will be honored at a joint retirement party on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at the Iroquois Club in Bloomfield Hills.
The party, which is open to the public, will begin at 5 p.m. in the Iroquois Club, which is located on Woodward Avenue, just north of Square Lake Road.
Judge Pezzetti has served on the Probate Court bench for the past 16 years after a career in private practice with Dickinson Wright, where she specialized in employment, media, and education law.
Lowenthal, a past president of the Oakland County Bar Association, is a former teacher who began her legal career as a family law attorney before joining the Friend of the Court operation in Oakland County.
Snyder makes appointment to the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards
Gov. Rick Snyder today announced the appointment of Richard Heins of Sterling Heights to the Michigan Commission on Law Enforcement Standards (MCOLES).
MCOLES is mandated by statute to set standards for the selection, employment, licensing, retention and training of law enforcement officers in the state of Michigan and to promulgate rules to govern these functions.
“Richard has a number of years working in law enforcement and I am confident he will be a great addition to this commission,” Snyder said.
Heins will serve the remainder of a four-year term expiring Nov. 1, 2017. His appointment is subject to the advice and consent of the Senate.
Justice denies Michigan’s appeal to halt sex offender ruling
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A U.S. Supreme Court justice has rejected Michigan's request to halt a lower court decision that found the state unconstitutionally put additional restrictions on sex offenders long after their convictions.
Justice Elena Kagan denied Tuesday the emergency appeal for a stay.
In August, the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said changes to Michigan law in 2006 and 2011, which included retroactively restricting sex offenders' movements near schools, penalize offenders as "moral lepers."
The appeals court denied Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette's request to block the decision during appeal. So did Kagan.
Schuette's office couldn't immediately be reached to comment.
Michigan has the country's fourth-largest sex offender list, with more than 42,000 registrants.
Michigan prohibits all registrants from living, working or loitering within 1,000 feet of school property.
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