Matthew Richmond
Reporter/ProducerMatthew Richmond is a reporter/producer at Ideastream Public Media who focuses on criminal justice.
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Ronayne appeared in front of Cuyahoga County Council for the first time Tuesday night, will focus on housing, transportation and justice. -
Kelly will replace Brian Mooney, who won a seat at the Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas in November.
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Ronayne will be sworn in Sunday as county executive. During a long career in local government, he has previously worked for the city of Cleveland and county government and run the nonprofit University Circle, Inc.
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Civilian Police Review Board recommends discipline for Cleveland officer who killed Desmond FranklinJose Garcia shot and killed 23-year-old Desmond Franklin while off-duty in April, 2020.
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Edrick Brooks died at the Cuyahoga County Jail early Friday morning, the third person to die there in just over a month.
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Council signed off on Mayor Justin Bibb's ten nominees with little pushback.
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Ru-El Sailor was convicted in 2003 and sentenced to life in prison before his conviction was vacated in 2018.
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Community members on the Conviction Integrity Unit of the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office, added by Prosecutor Michael O'Malley in 2017, have resigned, saying it's "window dressing."
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Bibb chose Leigh Anderson, an assistant professor with experience working on police oversight in several cities, to lead the office.
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The 8th District Court of Appeals found that during Ken Mills' trial a visiting judge should have never allowed the use of a photo of a person who died at the jail and testimony about deaths there, including from outside the time period when Mills was employed by the county.
