Judge Greg Mathis was elected to Michigans 36th District Court in 1995. His election became a national success story and a symbol of hope for urban youth who are struggling to overcome the modern-day pressures and hardships of poverty, drugs and violence. A former street youth and high school dropout, Mathis lawlessness brought him before a judge who cared, a judge who ordered the teenaged ...

JUDGE MATHIS is a one-hour, reality-based court show presided over by Detroit-area District Court Judge Greg Mathis, whose gang-to-gavel personal story is the inspiration for the series. Now that Mathis has turned his life around he offers himself as an example to those who appear before him. He believes rehabilitation is within everyone s reach if they receive the right guidance, which is what ...

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