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An Akron man incarcerated in a private prison in Youngstown in May 2019 had such severe chest pain that he was having trouble breathing or

An Akron man accused prison officials Friday of failing to provide basic medical care for his brother, who died of pneumonia in his cell a

A three-judge 11th District Court of Appeals in Warren ruled unanimously that Chardon Municipal Court Judge Terri L. Stupica, who the case had been transferred

An assault charge was dropped against one of two people accused of causing permanent hearing loss to a Cleveland restaurant employee while using megaphones during

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley has elected to dismiss the criminal case against a protester who demonstrated outside TownHall, an Ohio City bar and restaurant,

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office on Tuesday dropped the criminal case against one of the two people charged with felonious assault after an employee at Ohio

Pattakos [said] that the restaurant owners were “intent on silencing First- Amendment-protected activity outside of their establishments.” “This protest was closely watched by numerous on-duty police

Both have pleaded not guilty. Their attorney, Peter Pattakos, called the charges an “outrageous attack” on the pair’s First Amendment right to engage in peaceful

“Being subject to a baseless felony prosecution is one of the worst things that can happen to a person at the hands of their government,”

Andy Geronimo, director of the Case Western Reserve University First Amendment Law Clinic, said the indictments were very troubling to him. “From all appearances, this is