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DETROIT COPS WHO FRAMED WILLIE MERRIWEATHER IN 1987 INVOLVED IN MULTIPLE WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS
“Stewart said, ‘If you don’t cooperate. . . I will put everything on you, evidence, testimonies, everything.’” — Willie Merriweather Cdr. Gerald Stewart’s corrupt practices exposed in 1981, 1984 Love, Ray cases; Love exonerated in 2001: DPD use of hidden … Continue reading
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MICHAEL THOMPSON CP, ACLU, U-M PROJECT CALL FOR MASS CATEGORICAL CLEMENCY FOR MICHIGAN PRISONERS
Speakers call on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to establish clemency program for broad categories of Michigan prisoners “THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN! THEY STILL HAVE THEIR FOOT ON MY NECK. THE SYSTEM IS BROKEN AND SOMEBODY NEEDS TO FIX IT.” –Michael Thompson “I … Continue reading
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MICHIGAN HAS SENTENCED MORE KIDS TO DIE IN PRISON THAN ANY OTHER STATE AND IN THE REST OF THE WORLD
(ABOVE) THESE 54 WAYNE COUNTY JUVENILE LIFERS WERE STILL IN PRISON IN 2021 BECAUSE PROSECUTOR KYM WORTHY RECOMMENDED RENEWAL OF JLWOP FOR THEM ALL DESPITE MILLER V. ALABAMA (2012), MONTGOMERY V. LOUISIANA (2016) SCOTUS RULINGS. A VOD REVIEW NOW SHOWS … Continue reading
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JORDAN NEELY LYNCHED BY WHITE VIGILANTE MOB, ONLY DANIEL PENNY CHARGED, RACIST DEBATE CONTINUES
We must resist the white supremacist narratives that blame Jordan Neely and absolve white vigilantism and the systemic violence of the state Jordan Neely was lynched (prismreports.org) By Lara Witt (photos added by VOD) May 4, 2023 UPDATE: AFTER MASSIVE … Continue reading
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COP DEWAYNE B. JONES: 3 DAYS PROBATION FOR 2018 ASSAULT ON DISTRESSED MOTHER SHELDY SMITH IN ER
Video above after Jones first charged in 2018 From Detroit Residents Advancing Civilian Oversight (DRACO) press release May 12, 2023 DETROIT – As Mother’s Day approaches, 36th District Judge Lynise Bryant today sentenced DPD Sgt. Dewayne Barren Jones to THREE … Continue reading
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‘ACTUALLY INNOCENT?’ DID DPD COPS FRAME NICHOLAS HUDSON FOR HIS TESTIMONY IN FEDERAL DRUG PROBE?
Nicholas Hudson testified in 1999 against Sixth Pct. cops indicted during three-year FBI probe into cocaine trafficking by Detroit police Defense: Hudson convicted of murder in 2000 after DPD dragnet to get false testimony, despite witnesses who testified he was … Continue reading
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WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE CONTACTING A CONVICTION INTEGRITY UNIT — CRIMINAL LEGAL NEWS
While working with a CIU can provide hope, there are risks. Attorneys who work in a CIU are not defense lawyers. CIU attorneys are still prosecutors, and working with them still carries great risks for incarcerated people, especially those without … Continue reading
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MACK HOWELL FREED AFTER WRONGFUL MACOMB CO. CONVICTION; POLICE COERCION, CROSS-RACIAL ID CITED
2016 Conviction based on Mistaken Witness ID, False/ Misleading Forensic Evidence, Official Misconduct, Inadequate Legal Defense — NRE Michigan Innocence Clinic researched case, presented to newly-formed Macomb County ‘Conviction Integrity Unit’ Store clerk who testified as eyewitness positively ID’s Howell, … Continue reading
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CLEMENCY, NOT MASS INCARCERATION! FORUM APRIL 17: THOMPSON CLEMENCY & U-M COMMUTATION PROJECTS
Invite from Ricardo Ferrell, Voice of Detroit Field Editor You are cordially invited to join the ACLU, The U of M Sentence Commutation Project and the Michael Thompson Clemency Project for a forum with prominent clemency experts to … Continue reading
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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: BATTERED WOMAN NANCY SEAMAN SPEAKS TRUTH–31 YEARS OF DOMESTIC ABUSE
“My expert witness was prohibited from presenting a clinical diagnosis that I was a battered woman who had PTSD as a result of long term battering. That evidence was critical to my entire defense. The jury never heard it because … Continue reading