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- ANTON BLEVINS FIGHTS FALSE CONVICTION OF 2011 WSU FOOTBALL PLAYER MURDER, CITES DPD, WCPO COVER-UP
- MI COURT OF APPEALS GOES ROGUE ON DEGRAFFINRIED: IMPUGNS BLACK TRIAL JUDGE, CATERS TO PROSECUTOR
- STEVEN WILLIAMS FIGHTS CONVICTION OF 1995 MURDER AT BLUE NOTE LOUNGE, DUE TO WITNESS MISIDENTIFICATION
- FULL PARDON FOR WRONGFULLY CONVICTED CARL HUBBARD! SIGN MACARTHUR JUSTICE CTR. PETITION
- CELEBRATE LIFE OF ESSIE MAE HENDERSON, WARRIOR VS. MASS INCARCERATION, MEMBER CRIME LAB TASK FORCE
- IMMEDIATE HOSPITALIZATION, MEDICAL RELEASE FOR CRITICALLY ILL MICHIGAN PRISONER KRYSTAL CLARK
- 4 WOMEN DEAD IN 2 MONTHS AT WOMEN’S HURON VALLEY–SHUT IT DOWN! FREEDOM RALLY JULY 4, 2026 11AM – 3PM
- FREE KEVIN SYKES! INNOCENT OF SHOOTING COP VICKI YOST–HE WAS IN W. VA., REAL SHOOTER CONFESSED
- WHITMER, NESSEL, WORTHY TERRORIZE WOMEN AT HURON ‘VALLEY OF DEATH,’ EXONEREES, WRONGFULLY CONVICTED
- FAMILIES PROTEST DEATHS OF TWO MORE AT WOMEN’S HURON VALLEY; WHITMER, NESSEL TURN BLIND EYE
- BLACK FAMILY WINS LAWSUIT VS. NEIGHBOR WITH KKK FLAG; KYM WORTHY REFUSED CRIMINAL CHARGES
- SUPPORT THELONIOUS ‘SHAWN’ SEARCY, EXONERATED IN 2022, BACK IN COURT ON BOGUS APPEAL MAY 11, 12, 13, 14
- FREE EFREN PAREDES–AMNESTY INT.L CAMPAIGN TO URGE MICH. GOV. GRETCHEN WHITMER TO GRANT CLEMENCY
- C.O.A. UPHOLDS DISMISSAL OF CHARGES v. EWING & SEARCY; CROWD OF SUPPORTERS PACKED HEARING
- SUPPORT DARRELL EWING, DERRICO SEARCY, AT COA HEARING MARCH 10 RE: 2024 DISMISSAL OF CHARGES
- 50 YEARS OF MASS INCARCERATION NOW COST U.S., STATES, PRISONERS & FAMILIES $445 BILLION/YR.
- DEATH OF IMAM JAMIL AL-AMIN/H.RAP BROWN REIGNITES DEMANDS FOR JUSTICE, RECOGNITION OF HIS HEROIC LIFE
- SENTINEL REPORT: KYM WORTHY, CIU’s, DPD, SADO LEAVE MASSES OF WRONGLY CONVICTED TO ROT AND DIE IN MDOC
- FREE WRONGLY CONVICTED LIFER DAVID MCKINNEY, CHARGE INKSTER COPS ANTHONY DELGRECO, OTHERS
- LET OUR BROTHERS GO! RICKY RIMMER, GREGORY ALLEN, DESHON STOKES! SAT. OCT. 11 @12 NOON MLK JR. HIGH
- WRONGLY CONVICTED, MICHEAL ‘MIKE D’ DEGRAFFINRIED FREED AFTER 26 YRS; NEW TRIAL HEARINGS OCT. 9, NOV. 11
- COUNCIL CANDIDATE JAMES HARRIS’ S.T.R.E.S.S. COP, DRUG DEALER DAD BUSTED BY FEDS; SPENT 20 YRS. IN PRISON
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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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VOD MOURNS DEATH OF DANIEL JONES, WARRIOR VS. LIFE WITHOUT PAROLE FOR JUVENILES AND ALL U.S. PRISONERS
Heroic advocate for incarcerated people in Michigan and across the U.S. is killed at Detroit gas station, say police Hundreds honored him at two memorials, last at gas station VOD interviewed Jones last year, extends condolences to his family, colleagues … Continue reading
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THELONIOUS SEARCY ON NATIONAL REGISTRY OF EXONERATIONS AFTER 19 YR. BATTLE FOR FREEDOM
Crowning victory for Thelonious ‘Shawn’ Searcy, family and supporters Wayne Co. Pros. Kym Worthy fought Searcy every step of the way in her usual role as ‘Innocence Denier,’ also in the case of Davontae Sanford VOD covered Searcy’s story extensively … Continue reading
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MICHIGAN LIFER BURT R. LANCASTER EMERGES AS ACCOMPLISHED ARTIST, WAITING FOR SENTENCE RELIEF
By Ricardo Ferrell November 21, 2022 After his first decade behind bars, Burt Lancaster, who’s serving LWOP for the shooting death of his girlfriend in Southfield in 1993, finds art as an outlet in coping with the stress of being … Continue reading
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LIFE-LONG ACTIVIST EULA POWELL, 85, HELD IN NURSING HOME, ‘GUARDIAN’ TOOK HER ID, BANK CARD, CAR, ASSETS
Join CALL ‘EM OUT visit to EULA MAE POWELL SUNDAY. NOV. 13, 11 AM- 1 PM 18640 Harper, n. of Moross at 1-94 NO FORCED CONFINEMENT! STOP ELDER ABUSE! FREE EULA! Updated Nov. 12, 2022 See: Eula Mae … Continue reading
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APPEALS CT. SAYS COPS HAD NO WARRANT FOR GEORGE RIDER’S PHONE; MACOMB CO. COURT HEARING OCT. 26
HEARING POSTPONED TO FRI. NOV. 4 8:30 AM “I’ve been in here six years for an unlawful search warrant–it was a legal lynching.” — George Rider Appeals Court remanded Rider murder case to trial court Aug. 18: defense counsel “ineffective” … Continue reading
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KANSAS CITY POLICE DEPT. UNDER FIRE FOR DENIAL OF KIDNAPPINGS, RAPES AND MURDERS OF BLACK WOMEN
KCPD Said Missing Black Women Reports In KC Were “Completely Unfounded.” Less Than A Month Later, One Escaped After Being Kidnapped From Prospect & Tortured in a Basement For Over A Month – Kansas City Defender Social Media Posts Reveal … Continue reading
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