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- GAYELON SPENCER, JR. FIGHTS MURDER 2 CONVICTION: COPS DESTROYED EVIDENCE, BIASED MEDIA COVERAGE
- WILLIE MERRIWEATHER MEMORIAL SAT. DECEMBER 14, 4PM: HERO WHO GAVE HIS LIFE TO SAVE OTHERS FROM PRISON
- DIRTY DETROIT COPS BEAT, MADE UP CONFESSIONS FROM ALTON HUBBARD, BROTHER IDOLTHUS, IN 2004 MURDERS
- 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’
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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
VOICE OF DETROIT NEEDS YOUR HELP BEFORE MARCH 19! KEEP COVERAGE OF MICHIGAN LIFERS’ CASES COMING
DONATE TO VOD BY MARCH 19!! Hello, VOD readers and friends, and a special greeting to the families and friends of Michigan lifers whose cases VOD has covered (see above–put names of an incarcerated individual in VOD’s search engine … Continue reading
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“MOMMALOVE!” CELEBRATE THE LIFE OF LOVIE MAE RIMMER FEB. 26-27, MOTHER OF RICKY RIMMER-BEY
Obituary for Lovie Mae Rimmer | Q A Cantrell Funeral Services LLC. My momma is my heart. On February 13th, 2023, at 11:00a.m., my heart stopped beating forever. By Ricky Rimmer-Bey In preparation of this missive for my mother, this … Continue reading
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