2009
The following issues are available free-of-charge in any amount from the Public Policy Division. To order copies of any issues, contact Karah May at (517) 372-9310.
This FOCUS essay addresses the problems with Michigan's public defender system, cites Church teaching on the subject of crime and indigent defense, details those organizations supporting the Campaign for Justice, and provides additional resources.
Every two years the Michigan Catholic Conference
Board of Directors approves an advocacy agenda
for the forthcoming legislative session. Coordinated
and implemented by Conference staff, the advocacy
agenda for the 95th legislative session concentrates on
eight policy categories: Religious Freedom, Human Life, Children and Families, Health Care, Education, Economic Justice and Regulatory Policies, Restorative Justice, and Federal Issues.