UNIVERSAL TO PRODUCE THE TRIALS OF WHITE BOY RICK

Just heard the news that Hollywood is working on a bio pic of Rick Wershe's life. Hopefully this publicity will aid in getting his sentence reduced and he is set free... Read More WHY HAS RICK WERSHE NOT BEEN PAROLED?

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER

Universal has optioned Evan Hughes' article investigating a legendary teen drug dealer, who was also working as an FBI informant

Universal has optioned true-crime story The Trials of White Boy Rick with Oblivion director Joseph Kosinski attached to direct.

Journalist Evan Hughes wrote the article, which centers on Rick Wershe, a teen living in Detroit in the 1980s. He joined the ranks of the drug kingpins on the predominantly black East Side to become a prolific cocaine trafficker, going by the name "White Boy Rick."

Hughes' story uncovers the true identity of Wershe, who worked as an undercover informant for the FBI and DEA while simultaneously rising to become one of the biggest drug dealers in the city.

The story was first published by The Atavist, a publisher of original digital nonfiction, on Sept. 29. The site was founded by Evan Ratliff and Jefferson Rabb.

Scott Stuber and Dylan Clark will produce under their Universal-based Bluegrass Films banner.

WHY HAS RICK WERSHE NOT BEEN PAROLED?

I spent some time speaking with Rick Wershe's biggest supporter, his childhood friend Dave Majkowski. He filled me in on the situation concerning the life sentence of Rick (White Boy Rick) Wershe. Rick Wershe was just a young teen and was in way over his head trying to be an informant for the FBI/DEA.

 

 teenaged White Boy Rick 

His story is unique in that the 650 Lifer drug offender life in prison laws have been eliminated since 2002 and yet Rick remains incarcerated...We feel that he paid his debt to society many years ago and should be given parole immediately. Read the story below...

The Fascinating Story of "White Boy Rick": 
Feds Built Him into Drug Kingpin at Age 14, 
Then Threw Him in Prison for Life

White Boy Rick remains incarcerated, with no maximum release date. For the past 25 years, he has watched a steady parade of gang leaders convicted of much more violent offenses return to the streets—including Curry, whom White Boy Rick's undercover work helped put in jail. Members of the murderous “Best Friends” gang have also been released. Last June, the Supreme Court banned mandatory life sentences for minors—even for murder—and yet White Boy Rick will stay in prison, serving a life sentence as a first-time, non-violent offense. 

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