A Black Michigan teen with ADHD who was imprisoned for not doing her homework during the lockdown has been ordered released to her mother, after months of incarceration.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/oakland-county/2020/07/31/oakland-co-girl-jailed-not-doing-homework-ordered-release/5557997002/

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Grace was on parole for briefly stealing a classmate's phone; Mary Ellen Brennan (a judge facing reelection this year) decided missing homework constituted a serious enough parole violation that it warranted a long term custodial sentence.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/15/3-frauds-in-a-trenchcoat/#judge-mary-ellen-brennan

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Grace was imprisoned after an in-person hearing that her defense counsel deemed too dangerous to attend in person. Brennan held the hearing anyway, then, after public outcry, held a second hearing at which she affirmed her decision to imprison Grace.

https://pluralistic.net/2020/07/21/the-thief-of-joy/#grace

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Brennan's rationale for Grace's imprisonment was that the juvenile facility would help her get the education she was missing at home and also help resolve her friction with her mother.

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Brennan maintained this despite testimony from Grace's teachers and school board officials, and despite the factual record: Grace's prison education consisted of filling in photocopied worksheets; her counseling amounted to a few minutes per week of videoconferencing.

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Many Michigan members of Congress and other elected officials urged Brennan to reconsider, as did the local prosecutor. Hundreds of local students marched in support of Grace.

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Today, the appeals court ordered Grace released into her mother's custody "pending appeal or further order of this court." She will be confined to home and tethered to a GPS cuff.

https://www.propublica.org/article/grace-black-teen-jailed-for-not-doing-her-online-coursework-is-released#984833

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Brennan is up for re-election in a few months. She ran unopposed in her last election.

She is a garbage person.

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