Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

‘ On March 4, VOD will have to pay our quarterly web hosting fee of $380 in order to keep the paper online. This will be a struggle this month. VOD operates on a skeleton budget provided by editors and … Continue reading →

Panel says 3rd Circuit Court Chief Judge Timothy Kenny “abused discretion” in nixing Smothers’ confession, committed legal errors Finds that court repeatedly withheld key ballistics evidence identifying murder weapon  from Searcy jury  Defense attorney Michael Dezsi calls on prosecution to … Continue reading →

I want to hold those in power accountable for my wrongful conviction, and those of others: Searcy; 19,000 have signed Change. Org petition for his freedom at Petition · Michigan Attorney General: FREE WRONGFULLY CONVICTED THELONIOUS SEARCY!!!! · Change.org.  “It’s hard … Continue reading →

By Ricardo Ferrell Field Editor, Voice of Detroit; Senior Writer, My Life Matters Too January 10, 2021 Do Prisoners’ Lives Matter? That’s a question repeatedly asked by people on the outside trying to look inside Michigan’s Prison system to understand … Continue reading →

“Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and the most inhuman.”  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. March 25, 1966 Sign Voice of Detroit’s petition to Gov. Whitmer at: https://www.change.org/COVID-19VaccinesforMichiganPrisoners ACLU to Gov. Whitmer, … Continue reading →

Opinion: By Yusef Salaam, Kevin Richardson and Raymond Santana January 4, 2021 On Dec. 19, 2002, a judge vacated our convictions for the brutal attack of Trisha Meili, who many know as the “Central Park jogger.” On that day, our 13-year fight for justice … Continue reading →

Margaret Kimberley · Capitalism + Covid-19 = Mass Death in US Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford  December 29, 2020 Capitalism + Covid-19 = Mass Death in US | Black Agenda Report “The US health system has … Continue reading →

POPE ON COVID-19 VACCINE: NEEDY, VULNERABLE MUST COME FIRST Sign petition to save the lives of Michigan prisoners NOW HTTPS://WWW.CHANGE.ORG/COVID-19VACCINESFORMICHIGANPRISONERS Frances D’Emilio Associated Press December 25, 2020 Vatican City — Pope Francis made a Christmas Day plea for authorities to make … Continue reading →