WRONGFUL CONVICTION DAY IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT–AUGUST 20, 2021–FREE THEM ALL!

Voice of Detroit reporters were not able to make this Aug. 20 protest in downtown Detroit, but Paula Wilson sent this excellent video of the event. VOD downloaded it onto Youtube and is re-publishing it here.

Experts who have investigated cases in the Michigan Department of Corrections say they estimate 30 percent of MDOC prisoners were wrongfully convicted, with estimates for Wayne County during the late 1990’s at 80 percent. Michigan has the second highest number of wrongful convictions in the U.S.

VOD editors Diane Bukowski and Ricardo Ferrell have covered or  committed to stories on the following wrongfully incarcerated individuals, who remain in the MDOC as of this date. (VOD has also published stories earlier on exonerated individuals, but they are not included in this post.) 

Those with VOD stories pending in the near future either have posts from their social media sites published here or are listed below.

(20+) Jason Bowers | Facebook

WILSON RIVERA Free-wilson-rivera-blog (freewilsonrivera.com) (20+) Facebook

Petition · Wilson Rivera’s Wrongful Conviction · Change.org

KEITH PORTER:

PAUL DAVIS: Paul Davis Wrongful Conviction Memorandum Lewis Dickstein.pdf

WILLIE MERRIWEATHER: B A N C O: The City of Detroit’s Corrupt Police Force (bhbanco.org)

KENNETH COOPER: story to be published this week.

VOD published stories (where more than one story has been done, the previous stories are linked within the story posted here. Available case documents are also linked in all stories.)

THELONIOUS ‘SHAWN’ SEARCY

MICH. SUPREME COURT NIXES WORTHY’S APPEAL OF STRONG COA RULING IN THELONIOUS SEARCY CASE | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city’s independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

DARRELL ‘APPLE’ EWING, DERRICO ‘RICO’ SEARCY

DID WAYNE CO. PROS. HIDE KILLER’S CONFESSION TO MSP IN EWING-SEARCY CASE, USE DPD TO STOP RETRIAL? | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city’s independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

RICKY RIMMER-BEY

MICHIGAN LIFER RICKY RIMMER-BEY: CONVICTED DRUG DEALER COP JAMES HARRIS FRAMED ME FOR MURDER | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city’s independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

CARL ‘GHOST’ HUBBARD

TIME TO FREE CARL HUBBARD; AP GONZALES JAILED KEY PROS. WITNESS AFTER HE RECANTED AT TRIAL | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city’s independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

DAVID SHELTON

EXPOSED!! RACIST FRAME-UP OF DAVID SHELTON BY OAKLAND COUNTY IN 1993 RAPE CASE | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city’s independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

TEMUJIN KENSU

ADVOCATES DENOUNCE GOV. WHITMER’S DENIAL OF CLEMENCY TO INNOCENT MICH. LIFER TEMUJIN KENSU | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city’s independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

VARGAS AND MARCO JOHNSON

MICH. LIFERS VARGAS & MARCO JOHNSON FIGHT 30-YR. FRAME-UP; CITE INKSTER COP FROM 2 EXONEREES’ CASE | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city’s independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

EFRÉN PAREDES, JR.

STOP NEW WAVE OF COVID-19 DUE TO DELTA VARIANT IN MICHIGAN PRISONS–FREE EFREN PAREDES JR. | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city’s independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

GLEN VARY

GLEN VARY FIGHTS 2004 FLINT MURDER CONVICTION INVOLVING POLICE MISCONDUCT, WITNESS COERCION | VOICE OF DETROIT: The city’s independent newspaper, unbossed and unbought

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