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MICH. SUPREME COURT ORDERS RESENTENCINGS FOR LIFERS AGED 18, 19, 20, AFFECTING AT LEAST 830 IN MDOC
FAMILIES AND VICTIMS of Michigan’s juvenile lifers packed the State Capitol in 2006 to lobby for legislation to outlaw juvenile life without parole. Michigan Citizen Writing for The Voice of Detroit on-line newspaper, published since 2010, and the Michigan … Continue reading
WE REMEMBER AFENI SHAKUR JAN. 10, 1947 – MAY 2, 2016; “BLACK PANTHER PARTY HISTORY IS WOMEN’S HISTORY”
Afeni Shakur was indicted on April 2, 1969, and acquitted on May 13, 1971, of all 156 charges in what was then the longest political trial in New York’s history and the most expensive. By Ife BJ In 1969, 21 … Continue reading
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PROF. PENNY GODBOLDO, DR. MARGARET BETTS SPONSOR “MEDITATION MOVEMENT & MEDICINE” SAT. MAR. 29 10A-2P
Prof. Penny Godboldo is the sister of the late Maryanne Godboldo, who (with Penny at her side) waged an historic battle against the CPS, police kidnapping of her 13-year-old daughter to force a dangerous RX on the child. Dr. Margaret … Continue reading
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MICH. SUPREME COURT TO RULE RE: LIFERS CONVICTED UNDER 21, OTHERS CHARGED WITH FELONY MURDER
CEDRIC TOOKS Re-sentencing hearing February 26, 2025 By Diane Bukowski VOD’s Editor Diane Bukowski and legal analyst Travis Herndon attended a hearing Feb. 26 for Cedric Tooks, now 65, who has been in prison since 1978 on first-degree murder … Continue reading
DUGGAN’S DECADES-LONG DETROIT DEMOLITION DERBY
This is a re-published story from 2014. ALL of VOD’s 2,000 plus stories since 2010 are still available by entering key words into the search engine (with recent posts in the sidebar at right). These Donations help VOD keep … Continue reading
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ATTEND FRIENDS OF RETURNING CITIZENS (F.O.R.C.) SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS TUESDAYS 6 – 7:30 PM
FURTHER INFO ON FRIENDS OF RETURNING CITIZENS: http://voiceofdetroit.net/wp-content/uploads/FORC-pamphlet.pdf VOD’s editor Diane Bukowski and legal analyst Slim Herndon attended the support group Tues. Feb. 4. It was very well-attended by at least 30 politically conscious activists, many of whom spent decades … Continue reading
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EXONEREE THELONIOUS SEARCY PACKS COURT; JUDGE DELAYS RE-TRIAL, DENIES TETHER REMOVAL PER NESSEL
Courtroom packed with Thelonious Searcy supporters as Judge Nicholas Hathaway delays re-trial from March 31 to May 7, denies tether removal; defense motion hearing re-set from Jan. 31 to Feb. 27 Mich. COA in 2021 found trial judge Timothy … Continue reading
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FREE DOUBLE R IN 2025! DETROIT PROTESTS FOR RICKY RIMMER FORCED ACTION, CASE GOING TO APPEALS COURT
JUDGE BLOUNT’S SEPT. 25 DENIAL OF RECONSIDERATION ON RIMMER’S MOTIONS FOR NEW TRIAL, EVIDENTIARY HEARING JUST SURFACED DENIAL FILED AFTER PROTESTS SEPT. 10/SEPT. 24; GETS CASE OUT OF LIMBO, RIMMER CAN NOW PROCEED TO COURT OF APPEALS JUDGE BLOUNT DELIBERATEY … Continue reading
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CHARGES DISMISSED VS. DEMETRIS ‘MEECH’ KNUCKLES EL, COUSIN JAN. 16, 2025; TONS OF SUPPORTERS SHOWED
SUPPORT DEMETRIS KNUCKLES-EL Thurs. Jan. 16, 10 AM Base Building Organizer, Michigan Liberation demetris@miliberation.org Podcast ‘The Great Minds Project” … Continue reading
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FIGHT THE POWER! JOIN THELONIOUS ‘SHAWN’ SEARCY IN COURT FRI. JAN. 10 VS. ‘INNOCENCE DENIER’ KYM WORTHY
WAYNE CO. CC JUDGE THOMAS HATHWAY DISMISSED SEARCY’S 1999 MURDER CASE WITH PREJUDICE OCTOBER 3, 2022 “This Court concludes that the damage caused by the suppression and withholding of the exculpatory evidence cannot be cured. Therefore, it holds that … Continue reading
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