Author Archives: Diane Bukowski

The Value of Family: Overcoming the Grief of Losing a Loved One While in Prison eBook : Clark Jr., Alphonso, Hinds, Robert T. , Bond LMSW, Florine: Amazon.in: Kindle Store DONATE TO VOD at: https://www.gofundme.com/donate-to-vod By Diane Bukowski, VOD Editor Sept. 5, … Continue reading →

CHANGE, CLEMENCY AND A SECOND LOOK! State and national campaign challenging mass incarceration continues By Ricardo Ferrell VOD Field Editor September 2, 2023  Ricardo Ferrell, VOD’s Field Editor, proudly announces that the Michael Thompson Clemency Project is inviting families, friends … Continue reading →

Above: Efrén Paredes, Jr. speaks from prison during annual Dr. Martin Luther King Day forum in Detroit, Michigan State Court of Appeals upholds second re-sentencing of juvenile lifer, long-time advocate/scholar Efrén Paredes, Jr. to LWOP  on July 23, 2023 Shocking … Continue reading →

______________________________________________________________ dionriggenel@gmail.com https://www.facebook.com/dion.riggenel Home | Freepeoplecampaign (freepeoplefreepeople.info)  Dion RiggenEl. (734) 756-9836. ________________________________________________________ Hold cops and prosecutors criminally accountable!  Voice of Detroit has long advocated that prosecutors, along with the cops responsible for wrongful convictions, must be brought to justice. In … Continue reading →

Event addressed spectrum of trauma, its relevance during mitigation for juvenile resentencing, how it can be significant to Second Look legislation. Speakers included leaders from faith community, NOI, MSTA, Nat’l Lifers; mental health pros, singer Shawn Harris, author-organizer Robert Hinds … Continue reading →

  MDOC LIFERS CONVICTED ON WORD OF CORRUPT DETROIT COPS; MANY MORE STILL SERVING TERMS OF DEATH IN PRISON CORRUPT COPS: WILLIAM RICE, WALTER BATES, DONALD STAWIASZ, DAVID PAUCH, MOISES JIMENEZ BY MARK MCCLOUD-EL Chairman of NATIONAL LIFERS OF AMERICA, … Continue reading →

Darrell Ewing, Derrico Searcy’s new trial hearings continue  July 6, nearly five years after convictions overturned in 2019. Judge Cox sets motion hearing for Oct. 10, 2023; due date for motions August 15, response Sept. 12, final conference and trial … Continue reading →

1st Degree Murder Conviction overturned in 2018 after exposure of racist remarks by one juror, Facebook postings by others, during trial Court, media never addressed issue of predominantly white juries in Macomb County Wilson says he feared facing another biased … Continue reading →

https://voiceofdetroit.net/2021/10/24/end-michigans-secret-death-row-hundreds-demand-end-to-lwop-other-reforms-at-state-capitol/ Michigan Sens. Stephanie Chang, Paul Wojno, and Rep. Jimmie Wilson Introduce Second Look Sentencing Act Apr 20, 2023 | Press Release Legislation would allow judges to review the sentences of nonviolent incarcerated individuals who have already served at least 10 years of … Continue reading →

BY TAMERRA WASHINGTON  VOD FIELD REPORTER June 25, 2023  Tamerra Washington is vice-president of the Nat’l Lifers Association chapter at Women’s Huron Valley CF, chairs the WHV Actual Innocent/Wrongfully Convicted Committee, and facilitates N/A. She is creating an internal registry … Continue reading →