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- ROGER CARLOS RAY WINS EVIDENTIARY HEARING ON 3RD TRY; EXONEREE LAVONE HILL CALLS FOR RAY’S RELEASE
- ‘MIKE D’ NOT THE SHOOTER, VICTIM OF 1999 INKSTER DRIVE-BY SAYS; OIC DARIAN WILLIAMS CONVICTED OF EXTORTION
- CRIMINAL DEEDS BY COPS, PROSECUTORS, JUDGES, NOT ‘DOCUMENT PURGE’ CAUSED WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
- PROTEST FRI. SEPT. 20 VS. INHUMANE TREATMENT OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED AT THE NEW WAYNE CO. JAIL
- JUSTICE FOR RICKY RIMMER, VICTIMS OF DPD COP, WCPO CRIMES: TUES. SEPT. 10, NEW CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER.
- JAMARIO MITCHELL FIGHTS 2001 MURDER CONVICTION SET UP BY DETROIT’S ‘DRAGNET’ COP ISAIAH (IKE) SMITH
- JACKSON-BOLANOS ACQUITTED OF WOLL MURDER; ATTYS. FILE TO DISMISS OTHER COUNTS AS DOUBLE JEOPARDY
- UK EXPECTED TO SUSPEND ARMS SALES TO ISRAEL AS ‘UNCOMMITTED’ IN TALKS WITH US VP KAMALA HARRIS
- FREE AT LAST AFTER 37 YRS: JUDGE DISMISSES MURDER CHARGES VS. PAUL CLARK ON INNOCENCE, BRADY CLAIMS
- JUDGE BLOUNT: FAIR HEARING, JUSTICE FOR RICKY RIMMER NOW!! STOP CORRUPT COPS! RALLY TUES. SEPT. 10 @1 PM
- MICH. LAWMAKERS CONSIDERING “PRODUCTIVITY CREDITS” BILL #SB 861 BARRING PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN PRISON
- MICHAEL JACKSON-BOLANOS TESTIFIES AT WOLL MURDER TRIAL, DEFENSE GIVES STUNNING CLOSING ARGUMENTS
- SUPPORT WILLIE MERRIWEATHER AT PUBLIC PAROLE HEARING JULY 11, 1PM ON ZOOM; REGISTER BY JULY 9
- SUCCESSFUL RETURNING CITIZEN DAY IN DETROIT BUILDS SUPPORT FOR PRISONERS, INSIDE AND OUTSIDE WALLS
- RIMMER CASE: JUDGE’S DAD, DPD SGT. MICHAEL BLOUNT, & SGT. JAMES HARRIS BOTH ON S.T.R.E.S.S., MAYOR’S SQUAD
- JUDGE BLOUNT DENIES RICKY RIMMER’ S MOTIONS FOR NEW TRIAL, HEARING ON RACIST COPS, NEW WITNESSES
- U.S. REP. RASHIDA TLAIB: ON GENOCIDE OF PALESTINIANS, INVASION OF RAFAH; SUPPORT SJP AT WSU MAY 28 @6PM
- SUPPORTERS OF PRISONERS AT WOMEN’S HURON VALLEY CONTINUE THE BATTLE AGAINST ‘THE VALLEY OF DEATH’
- VIVIAN KINCAID: ACTIVIST, POET, ACTOR/MOTHER, SISTER, NIECE, FRIEND–CELEBRATION OF LIFE APRIL 20 @2:30 PM
- INKSTER COP DARIAN WMS. EXTORTED DRUG DEALERS DURING CASE V. MICH. LIFER MICHAEL DEGRAFFENRIED
- VICTORY! JUDGE KIEFER COX DISMISSES CHARGES V. EWING, SEARCY, CITING DUE PROCESS VIOLATIONS
- DARRELL EWING INVOKES RIGHT TO ATTY. FOR RE-TRIAL MARCH 25, CITES COX’S CRIPPLING ‘RULES OF THE ROAD’
- STOP THE GENOCIDE! FREE PALESTINE! REMEMBER AARON BUSHNELL! MASS MARCH IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT MAR. 2
- ALEXANDRE ANSARI’S $10M FALSE CONVICTION VERDICT: NO CHARGES V. DPD’S JIMENEZ, COPS IN OTHER CASES
- JUDGE KIEFER COX DENIES DARRELL EWING’S MOTION TO DISQUALIFY FOR ACTUAL BIAS; APPEAL HEARING FEB. 23
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Author Archives: Diane Bukowski
STOP TELLING BLACK PEOPLE NOT TO RIOT OVER THE STATE-SANCTIONED LYNCHING OF TYRE NICHOLS–KCD
Do not talk to us today about potential for “violence” from protestors, to do so is to appropriate the language and framing of white supremacy. … Continue reading
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A LEGAL LYNCHING? GEORGE RIDER IN MACOMB CO. COURT JAN. 31; APPEALS COURT REMANDED RE: PHONE SEIZURE
Update from Jan. 31 hearing on George Rider case ABOVE: George Rider’s family and friends came to court to support him Jan. 31, as attorney Christine Pagac argued his case for a new trial. George Rider in Macomb County Circuit … Continue reading
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EULA MAE POWELL IN COURT TO REMOVE GUARDIANSHIP, RESTORE VISITS; G/SHIP ABUSE AWARENESS DAY FEB. 1
Eula Mae Powell, 85, in court to fight guardian/conservatorship Jan. 18, subject of controversy since denial of visits by long-time friends Wayne Co. Probate Court Judge Judy Hartsfield considering petition to terminate probate supervision and TRO vs. visit denials; orders … Continue reading
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MUMIA ABU-JAMAL: JUDGE ORDERS PHILLY DA TO RELEASE ALL FILES; PEOPLE DEMAND RELEASE/NEW TRIAL
AFTER 41 YEARS IN PRISON, MUMIA ABU-JAMAL MAY FINALLY GET A CHANCE FOR NEW TRIAL Exculpatory evidence suggests the prosecutor in Mumia’s trial bribed star witnesses to testify, wrongly excluded Black jurors. UN experts file amicus brief; cite “violations of … Continue reading
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MICHIGAN INNOCENCE CLINIC SECURES 36TH EXONERATION– KELVIN NOLEN
By Amy Spooner The Michigan Innocence Clinic December 19, 2022 VOD Editor: The Michigan Innocence Clinic (MIC) has played a major role in most exonerations announced by Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy’s Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU). The exoneration of Kelvin Nolen … Continue reading
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WRONGFULLY CONVICTED: TERRY LAMONT WILSON RECOUNTS SELF-DEFENSE CLAIM; JURY TRIAL FEB. 7
Second jury trial on first-degree murder charges set for Feb. 7, 2023 after conviction overturned in 2018 due to evidence of racial bias on first jury “The jury got it wrong finding Terry guilty of First Degree Premeditated Murder. I … Continue reading
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KENSU TO GOV. WHITMER: XMAS PLEA FOR ‘FREEDOM, DELIVERANCE, AND LIFE’ FOR MICHIGAN PRISONERS
Lifer Temujin Kensu pushes clemency for hundreds of Michigan prisoners to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as holidays begin Many prominent cases featured in Xmas Carol video above VOD Field Editor Ricardo Ferrell among 12 with applications in through the Michael Thompson … Continue reading
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MERRY XMAS! UP TO 800 WAYNE COUNTY JAIL DETAINEES FREEZING IN BITTER COLD, NO EXTRA BLANKETS, NO VISITS
Heat at old Wayne County Jail out again since weekend, after previous outage Nov. 28. Officials have not provided additional blankets, heaters, or access to outer clothing through family visits Virtual visits must now be scheduled ahead of time Hundreds … Continue reading
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‘VALLEY GIRLS:” TAMERRA WASHINGTON, AT WOMEN’S HURON VALLEY CF, JOINS VOD AS REPORTER/COLUMNIST
Tamerra Washington’s family members were among hundreds attending a historic “Rally/Protest for the Wrongfully Convicted” held June 4, 2021, at the Frank Murphy courthouse and jail in downtown Detroit. It was sponsored by “Operation Liberation,” founded by Thelonious ‘Shawn’ Searcy … Continue reading
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WHERE ARE MASS EXONERATIONS IN WAYNE CO. AND MICHIGAN? CHICAGO, BALTIMORE HAVE RELEASED 100’S
By NATIONAL LIFERS OF AMERICA, INC. Chapter #1016 c/o Mark McCloud #199143 4269 West M-80 (URF) Kincheloe, MI 49784 Baltimore, Maryland/Cook County, IL. What do these places have in common? Where are the mass exonerations in Detroit, Wayne County? Detroit cops … Continue reading
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