Gov. Engler deemed the case so urgent that he asked the Michigan Supreme Court to waive normal case processing, by-pass the Circuit Court and Court of Appeals, and adjudicate the case itself. It declined to issue such an unusual order . Circuit Judge Mary Chrzanowski would have to decide the case the normal way, under pressure and intense visibility to act quickly. Then the unexpected happened. In other cases, prosecutors cite such medical evidence .
Prosecutors ignore that law.
Prosecutor Carl Marlinga and Governor Engler had vowed to fight the case all the way to the Supreme Court. The petition showed their hypocrisy, part of the victim-blaming syndrome . Not by the Prosecutor. Not the Attorney General. Not the Governor.