A Detroit-area drug dealer who has been in prison for 29 years for crimes when he was a teen is meeting with the chairman of the Michigan parole board, his latest bid for release.
Richard Wershe was known as "White Boy Rick." He's meeting in private with Michael Eagen on Tuesday. If there's more interest, medical and psychological reports will be ordered.
Corrections Department spokesman Chris Gautz says the full board could then take a look at Wershe's case in the weeks ahead.
He's serving a life sentence with occasional opportunities for parole. The parole board so far has declined to release him. But this time Wayne County prosecutor Kym Worthy is staying neutral on freedom for the 47-year-old Wershe.
