CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley announced that a motion was filed to vacate Evin King’s 1995 murder conviction. Forensic evidence that was presented at King’s trial was reviewed and determined to be inaccurate. A hearing was scheduled for Wednesday morning to review the motion. King was convicted in 1995 of the […]
A Brooklyn judge on Tuesday threw out the manslaughter conviction of New York City police officer Peter Liang for the fatal shooting of an unarmed black man that sparked emotional protests from both sides of the controversial case. Liang, 28, could have faced up to 15 years in prison for manslaughter. Judge Danny Chun reduced the jury’s conviction to […]
CLEVELAND – A Cleveland police officer who was charged with obstructing justice, tampering with evidence, intimidation of a witness and bribery has been fired from the department. John Hall, a 19-year police veteran, was indicted on the charges in 2013. He was accused of tipping off a grocer that food stamp fraud investigators were about to serve […]
During a wide-ranging and candid discussion with the Daily Telegraph about the state of the nation’s race relations, author Toni Morrison says America’s issues will not be resolved until justice is meted out equally in the criminal justice system, according to the Raw Story. Further, the Nobel Prize-winning author says unarmed Blacks are not the ones […]
CLEVELAND — Cheers and applause broke out in the courtroom Thursday morning when Judge Nancy Margaret Russo ruled three men convicted in a 1995 murder in East Cleveland should get a new trial. “The three defendants’ motion for a new trial is granted,” Judge Russo said, and family member began clapping. Derrick Wheatt, Laurese Glover and Eugene […]
The case against Ricky Jackson and Wiley Bridgeman has been dismissed. The two were wrongfully convicted of murder in 1975 when a 12-year-old boy fabricated an account of a deadly attack on a Cleveland grocery store employee. Jackson, Wiley and Wiley’s brother, Ronnie Bridgeman, never stood a chance when young Eddie Vernon boldly went […]
One of the jurors who rendered a guilty verdict in Theodore Wafer’s murder trial has come forward to say that “no one” believed he killed Renisha McBride in self-defense. “I’m surprised the jurors didn’t think he was honest,” said Wafer’s attorney, Cheryl Carpenter. Well, according to the juror, who spoke with the Detroit Free Press, […]
Renisha McBride’s killer, Theodore Wafer, explained to a grand jury that when he saw the 19-year-old approach his porch, he was hit with the feeling,“I was not going to cower. I didn’t want to be a victim in my own house.” To many, her death at his hands was not an act of courage, but […]
CLEVELAND, OH (WOIO) – The following statement was released by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals U.S. Attorney on April 30, 2014, regarding Jimmy Dimora and Michael Gabor’s convictions and sentencing. “This opinion confirms that Dimora and Gabor received fair trials, and the jury’s verdict was supported by overwhelming evidence of their greed and […]
*Ray Nagin was convicted Wednesday of accepting bribes and free trips from contractors in exchange for helping them secure millions of dollars in city work when he was in mayor of New Orleans. Prosecutors in the federal corruption case alleged Nagin took bribes worth more than $500,000 through various criminal acts – from before Hurricane […]
Knox, along with her now ex-boyfriend, was first convicted and sentenced in 2009 before it was overturned in 2011 due to a lack of evidence. Florence, Italy (CNN) — Amanda Knox vowed Friday to fight her conviction for the murder of British student Meredith Kercher “until the very end” and said she “will […]
AKRON, OH (WOIO) – A Summit County jury has found John M. Carano, 54, of Lake Vista Road in Akron, guilty of two counts of Operating Under the Influence, both felonies of the fourth degree, and a specification for having five OVI convictions within 20 years. On August 6, a Sheriff’s deputy noticed Carano twice […]