Bills signed into law last year which lacked two-thirds support in the Senate take effect in Michigan on April 2, here are some notable ones.

According to the LGBTQ+ Bar Association, the “LGBTQ+ panic” defense (also commonly referred to “gay or trans panic”) “is a legal strategy wherein defendants charged with violent crimes weaponize their ...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two house bills into law Tuesday, making it illegal to possess a firearm at polling locations across the state.

199 Michigan has become the latest state to ban the controversial “gay and trans panic” defense, joining a growing list of states that have made it illegal to use a victim’s sexual orientation or ...

A study by the Williams Institute at UCLA School of Law from 2021 found that the “gay panic defense” law has been used in court cases in approximately one-half of states across the U.S.

Michigan joins 19 other states in banning gay and trans panic defense, after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation this week.

The law instructs courts that the discovery of a person’s actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression cannot be used to justify a crime. Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a ...

(The Center Square) – Michigan will no longer allow “gay panic” as a court defense. A bill signed into law bans using the perpetrator's sexual orientation as a reason for the victim's self-defense or ...

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill this week that bans the use of what’s sometimes called the “gay panic” defense.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill this week that bans the use of what is sometimes called the “gay panic” defense in cases of crimes, particularly violent offenses, against LGBTQ people. The new ...