Judge Lydia Adams is not the kind of person you would normally see in a TV interview. She likes to keep a low profile as she serves on Michigan’s 36th District Court in Detroit. But when a rule change resulted in the violation of a citizen’s most essential constitutional right, she said she had to speak up.
Hundreds of people who miss their court date at 36th District Court, which is one of the busiest courts in the country, have a bench warrant issued against them.
When they find that out, they want to get to court quickly before they are arrested. Court administrators thought they had a solution: open the court for walk-ins so no appointment is needed to take care of business.
