Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

Posted by TheBlackList eNewsletter By Steve Yip February 17, 2013 View Blog  Former LAPD officer Christopher Dorner is shown with photo of police hunting him before he died.  Over the last week, the news has been filled with stories of … Continue reading →

By Diane Bukowski  Feb. 17, 2013  DETROIT – The day before a state review team leaked information about a negative report on Detroit’s finances, the Moratorium NOW! Coalition filed suit on Feb. 14 in Wayne County Circuit Court demanding “release … Continue reading →

COMMENTARY By Richard B. Muhammad February 13, 2013 Movies are fiction, not fact and fiction comes from the minds of people with motives, aims and agendas. It would be a critical mistake to miss take the Lifetime movie “Betty and … Continue reading →

  Some of Michigan’s 371 juvenile lifers involved in current litigation: (l to r, top through bottom row), Cortez Davis and Raymond Carp, awaiting re-sentencing under USSC decision; plaintiffs in USDC case Henry Hill, Keith Maxey, Dontez Tillman, Jemal Tipton, … Continue reading →

By Edward Sanders February 7, 2013   (also see earlier article below) God is Great. I am very elated with the court’s decision and order. The opinion was well written and to the point. It acknowledged this as a constitutional issue … Continue reading →

VOD: On Jan. 30, U.S. District Court Judge John Corbett O’Meara struck down Michigan’s parole statutes with regard to those serving juvenile life without parole.  (See article above.) The related article below was written by Edward Sanders, a juvenile lifer who is among the longest-serving in Michigan. … Continue reading →

  By Alexandra Bradbury  February 06, 2013   The Postmaster General startled postal workers today by announcing that letter delivery will drop to five days a week in August. Packages, but not letters, will still be delivered on Saturdays. Postal workers … Continue reading →

February 8, 2013  By Diane Bukowski  DETROIT—A jubilant crowd of supporters packed Bert’s Place in Eastern Market Jan. 31 to hear Detroit’s former Corporation Counsel Krystal Crittendon formally announce she will run for Mayor this year. Many pledged to work … Continue reading →

NO CRIMINAL ACTION TAKEN By Aruna Viswanatha and Lauren Tara LaCapra Tue Feb 5, 2013 6:03pm EST (Reuters) – The U.S. government is seeking more than $5 billion in a lawsuit against rating agency Standard & Poor’s over mortgage bond … Continue reading →