Judge sets deadline for revising Michigan sex offender law
DETROIT (AP) — A federal judge has set a 90-day deadline for Michigan lawmakers to revise the state's sex offender registry law.
U.S. District Court Judge Robert Cleland last week gave the legislature until Aug. 21. The American Civil Liberties Union and others have pressed for changes to the law and the U.S. Supreme Court in 2017 let stand a federal appeals court decision that found Michigan was treating people as “moral lepers” by saddling them with excessive restrictions.
In 2006, lawmakers changed the law to prohibit registrants from living, working or even loitering within 1,000 feet of a school. Five years later, the legislature said registrants should be divided into three tiers solely on the type of conviction, not based on any individual assessment. The rules were made retroactive.
Couple whose newborn died wins key ruling from state high court
LANSING (AP) — A Lansing couple trying to keep custody of two children can argue that legitimate religious beliefs prevent them from seeking medical care for their children.
The Michigan Supreme Court says Rachel and Joshua Piland can request that jury instruction if they present sufficient evidence during a custody trial in Ingham County. The Pilands say their beliefs trump any allegations of neglect.
The court released a brief order Thursday, six weeks after hearing arguments.
Two children were removed from the home after a newborn girl died of jaundice after an at-home birth in 2017.
A midwife who had assisted them suggested the baby be taken to a doctor, but the Pilands declined, saying the child’s health was in God’s hands.
Someone breaks into home, takes nothing, gives it a good scrub
MARLBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Whoever broke into a Massachusetts man's home last week didn't take a thing. They did, however, leave the house spotless.
Nate Roman tells The Boston Globe that when he returned to his Marlborough home from work May 15, he could tell a stranger had been there.
Nothing was missing, but Roman noticed the beds were made, the rugs vacuumed and the toilets scrubbed. They even crafted origami roses on the toilet paper rolls.
He called the experience “weird and creepy” and contacted police.
Roman says he may have left his back door unlocked. He thinks perhaps a housekeeping service went to his home by mistake.
Police: Man who drove drunk to pick up woman charged with DWI
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a man drove drunk to a New Jersey police station where he was picking up a woman who had been charged with drunken driving.
Hackettstown police say Morgan Doran, 21, of Netcong, was arrested one recent morning after a traffic stop. She was taken to the station where authorities say she contacted Sebastian Rehm, 24, of Washington Township to pick her up.
When Rehm arrived at the station, authorities say he smelled of alcohol and they charged him with drunken driving. Both of them were eventually released to another driver.
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