Tuesday, May 22, 2018 was a pretty good day for Florida Prison Inmate K70365, also known as Rick Wershe, also known in the media as White Boy Rick. A staff committee representing the Florida Commission on Offender Review, which has the power to issue pardons and sentence commutations, seemed favorably impressed with a presentation arguing for commutation of Wershe’s … [Read more...] about Rick “White Boy Rick” Wershe, Jr. May Have A New Chance At Freedom
White Boy Rick continues his battle for freedom
There are new developments in Rick Wershe, Jr.’s struggle to be free for the first time in his adult life. He’s been in prison since he was a teenager. He spent 29 years locked up for his non-violent Michigan drug conviction and finally got paroled last summer. Admitted hit men have served less time. He was immediately taken to Florida to serve a sentence in a separate car … [Read more...] about White Boy Rick continues his battle for freedom
About My Book – Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
Sunday, December 17, 2017 This blog is going on hiatus for a while. As some readers know, I’ve been working on a book about the 46-year, trillion-dollar policy failure we call the War on Drugs. The central figure in this sorry tale is Richard J. Wershe, Jr., known in repeated media smears as White Boy Rick. What happened to him has happened over and over in this criminal … [Read more...] about About My Book – Prisoner of War: The Story of White Boy Rick and the War on Drugs
A Long Letter from Rick—Third and Final Part
Sunday, December 3, 2017 Communicating with Rick Wershe, Jr. is more difficult, now that he is doing time in a prison in Florida. In late October he sent me a long letter to share with the many readers of Informant America. He knows people are interested to hear how he is doing. The last blog post and the one before that covered other topics from Rick’s letter. Before … [Read more...] about A Long Letter from Rick—Third and Final Part
A Long Letter from Rick – Part 2
Sunday, November 19, 2017 In the last blog installment of Informant America it was noted that I received a long letter from Rick Wershe who is now in prison in Florida. Communication with Rick, or any inmate in the Florida prison system, is not easy. Rick has spent nearly 30 years behind bars, most of them in Michigan. He says the Florida Corrections System is real culture … [Read more...] about A Long Letter from Rick – Part 2