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10-years later: Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell asks appeals court for a second chance to seek to overturn his convictions and death sentence....Activist Kathy Wray Coleman, who leads the Imperial Women Coalition, said "we call on the 8th District Court of Appeals to deny the Appellate Rule 26 B motion filed by Sowell's attorneys who argue he was denied effective appellate counsel and that he deserves a second appeal after losing the first appeal in that court".... October 29, 2019 marks the 10th-year anniversary of the Imperial Avenue Murders of 11 Black women by Sowell, who sits on death row....Activist Art McKoy, who leads Black on Black Crime Inc, said "activists will not rest until Sowell rots in hell"....Judge Nancy Fuerst dismissed the lawsuit filed by the victims families, lost on appeal, and then forced some of them to accept a small settlement while others are still looking for justice.....Activists say vote out Fuerst in 2020 when she seeks reelection....Fuerst is also accused of judicial malfeasance and of harassing Blacks, women and community activists....Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.

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Convicted serial killer and death row  inmate Anthony Sowell and Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Nancy Fuerst.  Judge Fuerst  dismissed the lawsuit filed by the families of the victims of Cleveland serial killer Anthony Sowell, and lost on appeal, and then she forced six of the 11 victims families into a small settlement, the lawsuit still pending as to the other five families.  Fuerst is also accused of harassing Blacks, women and community activists in malicious prosecution cases before her, including denying them indigent counsel, issuing arrest warrants for unjournalized trials they fail to appear for, refusing to docket or journalize when they appear for trial, and denying them their speedy trial rights.  . ACTIVISTS SAY VOTE NANCY FUERST OFF THE BENCH IN 2020 Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog. Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com. Kathy

W. Mona' Scott and Cleveland Judge Marilyn Cassidy endorsed for judge by Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Scott for Cleveland housing court judge and Cassidy to retain her seat....Vote Tuesday, November 5, 2019

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Vote W. Mona' Scott (left) for judge of the  Cleveland Municipal Housing Court for the full term commencing Jan 2, 2020, and Judge Marilyn Cassidy for Cleveland Municipal Court to retin her seat for the full term commencing Jan 1, 2020 Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog.   Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ,  Ohio's Black digital news leaders, have endorsed W. Mona' Scott fo

Cleveland Cavaliers win 2019-2020 season home opener against the Indiana Pacers, 110-99, led by veteran ballplayers Tristan Thompson and Kevin Love, and under new head coach John Beilein....The Cavs beat the Pacers before fans at the new Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse stadium in Cleveland....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's Black digital news leaders Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com

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Tristan Thompson of the Cleveland Cavaliers (Photo by Getty Images) The new Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Stadium in Cleveland where the Cleveland Cavaliers play ball Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog.   Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- After losing to the Orlando Magic on Wednesday via the opening game of the 2019-2020 regular season, the Cleveland Cavaliers, led by veteran ballplayers Tristan Thompson

Murders of Black Cleveland women and girls are escalating as a 15 year-old is shot dead in the Glenville neighborhood, which follows the shooting death of 6-year-old Lyric Lawson, and the murders of two other young, Black females, Jazmyne Lawson and Aiyanna Quitman, all in a month's time and on the city's largely Black east side....Police have no suspects in any of these recent Cleveland murder cases of Black females....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog,

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Fifteen-year-old murder victim Naierra Lockhart Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com , Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog, both also top in Black digital news in the Midwest. We are also the most read women's rights digital newspaper and blog in Ohio, and in the Midwest Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com.       By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBANNEWS.COM.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio – A 15-year-old Black girl reported missing last year was  found shot to death Wednesday in Cleveland’s Glenville neighborhood on the city's largely Black east side. It is the fourth high profile Cleveland murder of a Black female under 20 in under a month. Police had stop looking for the Black girl, authorities admit. According to the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner, Naierra Lockhart. of Cleveland, was found dead in a field about 8 a.m. on East 93rd Street near Empire Ave

Elijah Cummings laid to rest: Obama, the Clintons, Speaker Pelosi, thousands gather to mourn Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, a beloved Civil Rights leader and federal lawmaker from Baltimore who died amid a political fallout with President Trump....By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief, Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com, Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog

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Clevelandurbannews.com and Kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com .   Tel: (216) 659-0473. Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's most read digital Black newspaper and Black blog.   Coleman is an experienced Black political reporter who covered the 2008 presidential election for the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio and the presidential elections in 2012 and 2016 As to the one-on-one interview by Coleman with Obama   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS . By Kathy Wray Coleman, associate publisher, editor-in-chief CLEVELANDURBNNEWS.COM-BALTIMORE, Maryland-  Maryland Congressman Elijah Cummings, a Baltimore Democrat and the first African-American to lie in state at the nation's capital in Washington, D.C., was laid to rest on Thursday, his funeral drawing the attendance of the heart of Baltimore's Black community, and an array of congress members and the political elite, including