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Paul Whelan says the U.S. government has not funded a law designed to help wrongful detainees like him. And Michigan agencies put up barriers for Whelan to resume his life

The Act provides two million dollars of funding for sanctions against countries that take U.S. citizens hostage, or to use in prisoner exchanges, which might help deter nations from using Americans as trade bait

Mark Brant soon will be off to federal prison for allowing his land to be used to grow marijuana for use in Ohio. Brant, a Republican, says he has no plans to quit as a Monroe County commissioner.

The Michigan Department of Corrections previously used a third-party company to pay for EMS prisoner services. The first responder groups say the state owes $6 million.

U.S. State Department officials are demanding Russia release “wrongfully detained” journalist Evan Gershkovich and Paul Whelan

Judge Charles Nebel says there is evidence of a lack of proper care for Jonathan Lancaster in 2019 but not enough for an involuntary manslaughter trial

Four nurses, the acting warden at the time and an assistant deputy warden at the time have all been charged with involuntary manslaughter

U.S. Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield called on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to release Michigan corporate security executive Paul Whelan, who is serving a 16-year sentence after being convicted of espionage

Paul Whelan is serving a prison sentence in Russia for alleged espionage

Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is being asked to release a prisoner who has been fighting his murder conviction for years and now is stricken with COVID-19.…