‘If we hate, we will never get to a solution of love,’ mom of murdered pregnant woman tells killer as he heads to prison
Updated May 18, 2021;
SAGINAW, MI Speaking slowly and fighting tears, a Saginaw mother told the man who killed her pregnant daughter that she forgives him, saying holding on to hate only continues an epidemic of violence.
Helping put resentment aside, the grieving mother said, was hearing her deceased daughter’s voice encouraging her to move on.
“I’m not gonna hate,” said Tamara Tucker, mother of MoeNeisha M. Simmons-Ross. “I don’t have room in my heart to hate. If we hate, then we will never get to a solution of love.”
Oakland County prosecutor launches probe into deadly arson case over potential ethical breaches
By Jack Nissen
(Photo via Michigan Department of Corrections)
PONTIAC, Mich. - The Oakland County prosecutor is launching a probe into the case of a man who was convicted of first-degree murder and arson after a fire in Royal Oak Township killed five children.
Prosecutor Karen McDonald announced plans to appoint a special prosecutor to conduct an independent investigation into Juwan Deering s conviction in 2006, which resulted in his life sentence.
The announcement follows ‘new developments’ recently uncovered by McDonald s office that called into question the credibility of jailhouse informants and potential breaches of ethics by former prosecutors that were assigned to the case. They potentially impacted Deering s right to a fair trial, a release said Friday.
East Lansing serial killer Don Miller has a parole interview this week
Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING - East Lansing serial killer Don Miller is scheduled to be interviewed by a member of the state s parole board this week, in what will be his ninth chance at parole.
State officials last denied Miller, 66, a prisoner at the G. Robert Cotton Correctional Facility in Jackson, parole in 2016. If he serves his full sentence, Miller will be released in 2031.
In July 1979, Miller admitted to killing four women in East Lansing between Jan. 1, 1977, and Aug. 14, 1978.
The first, Martha Sue Young, had been engaged to marry Miller but ended their relationship just before she disappeared.
Prisoners have said that being cut off from seeing their families has taken a toll on their mental health, leaving them with few outlets at a time when outbreaks have threatened their health and limited prisoner movement and activities.
Since the virus was first detected in the prison system last March, 139 prisoners have died and 25,661 prisoners 63% of people incarcerated throughout the pandemic have tested positive. The department currently houses about 33,000 people and reported 788 active prisoner cases as of Thursday.
The coronavirus has claimed the lives of four corrections staff across the state, and 3,687 employees have tested positive.
Visitors will take a rapid antigen test in their vehicles and will be allowed inside for further screening if they are negative. Prisoners must test negative as well. The department will provide masks for people to wear inside the visiting room.