Wershe has his Parole Hearing at last.

Richard J. Wershe Jr., Michigan’s longest – serving prison inmate for a non-violent drug crime committed when he was a juvenile, had a hearing before the Michigan Parole Board today. Overall it went well. Here’s a brief recap. A more detailed report will be in the next blog  installment on June 18:

Rick Wershe Jr. Answered questions, admitted guilt and gave a full and granular – detail accounting of his brief life of crime and longer life as a confidential FBI informant, beginning at age 14, in a very detailed exploration of his saga in questioning by an assistant state attorney-general. Wershe answered questions from 9:00 am until 1:10pm, with a brief 10-minute potty break in between.

Wershe got agitated by questions about allegations made against him by a police informant in Florida, but generally answered questions smoothly.

“I’ve lost 30 years of my life,” he told the two Board members present for the hearing. I messed up. I’m sorry.”

An official transcript of the hearing will be prepared, and after a review, the full Board will vote up or down on parole. The vote is expected some time this summer.

More in the next blog posting.