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- 50 YEARS OF MASS INCARCERATION NOW COST U.S., STATES, PRISONERS & FAMILIES $445 BILLION/YR.
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SMOTHERS’ CO-DEFENDANT MARZELL BLACK BACKS CONFESSION TO SEGARS MURDER, AT SEARCY HEARING
“He confessed and he said his motivation was to free the innocent;” –Black Prosecution tries to undermine Smothers’ confession DPD officer testifies on questionable ballistics evidence Judge Kenny brags that he handled case that led to shut-down of Detroit Crime … Continue reading
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FREE INNOCENT DETROIT JUVENILE LIFER CHARLES ‘K.K.’ LEWIS NOW; HEARING WED. MAR. 28 @ 9 AM
HEARING POSTPONED UNTIL WED. APRIL 11, 2018; STORY UPCOMING Release ALL 247 Michigan Juvenile Lifers being held without sentences, in violation of U.S. Supreme Court rulings and state law “The guards couldn’t figure out if I should even be in … Continue reading
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VINCENT SMOTHERS TAKES STAND TO EXONERATE THELONIOUS SEARCY IN 2004 DETROIT MURDER
UPDATE: NEXT HEARING DATE MON. MAR. 26 9 AM; PREVIOUS DATE OF 3/23 POSTPONED By Diane Bukowski Former hitman takes stand on behalf of wrongfully convicted Searcy Offered “only the possibility of more time”–Smothers “I really do believe he’s going … Continue reading
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OFF-DUTY DETROIT POLICE MISCONDUCT ASSAULTS LAW AND ORDER, POLICE CONTRACTS, CITY CHARTER
(The officer in the video above was later identified as Lonnie Wade.) By Calvin Hodges March 23, 2018 In October 2017 at the Meijer Store on Eight Mile Road in Detroit, a person who was later identified by the news … Continue reading
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SACRAMENTO COPS SHOOT, KILL STEPHON CLARK, 22, ANOTHER UNARMED BLACK MAN, IN OWN BACKYARD
FATHER OF TWO WAS ONLY HOLDING A CELLPHONE Police fired 2o times in dark backyard Vox.com P.R. Lockhart March 21, 2018. SACRAMENTO, CA–Officers say they mistook Stephon Clark’s cellphone for a gun. Activists want more answers. Police killings of unarmed … Continue reading
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CONTINUING MARYANNE GODBOLDO’S FIGHT FOR PARENTAL RIGHTS SAT. MARCH 24 7 PM
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CONG. CANDIDATE BRENDA JONES MUST ANSWER: WILL DETROIT BECOME ANOTHER FLINT FOR HOMES, NEW JAIL?
Housing already built in allegedly polluted east side area, I-75 at Ferry City Council has now voted to put new “Criminal Justice Complex” there By Ron Seigel Opinion March 17, 2018 DETROIT — In late January Brenda Jones, council president … Continue reading
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VICTORY FOR GWEN MINGO: JUDGE PENNIE MILLENDER HALTS EVICTION, RECOGNIZES HOME OWNERSHIP
Judge Millender stops eviction, finally acknowledges documents showing Mingo’s mortgage paid off in 2006, after 3rdCC refused to do so Atty. for Madison Capital Funding, LLC threatens Mingo before hearing, but loses anyway By Diane Bukowski March 16, 2018 DETROIT … Continue reading
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PACK COURT TO STOP WRONGFUL CONVICTION OF THELONIOUS SEARCY MON. MARCH 19, 9 AM; JUDGE KENNY
By Diane Bukowski March 13, 2018 Vincent Smothers repeatedly confessed on tape and in written affidavits to the murder for which Searcy has served 14 years Searcy has fought for exoneration during all those years, also based on police use … Continue reading
FREEDOM RIDER/ BLACK PANTHER MOVIE: A BLACK FACE IN A HIGH PLACE
Margaret Kimberley, BAR editor and senior columnist March 7, 2018 VOD editor note: VOD earlier published a stock Vanity Fair review of this movie, but I didn’t see it until afterwards. I wish I had, because although I enjoyed … Continue reading
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