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Convicted killer and former cop Douglas Prade, who murdered ex-wife Akron Dr. Margo Prade, gets a stay by Ohio Supreme Court of court order to return to prison, an appeals court overturned a judge's decision to free him after 15 years in prison, the judge that freed Prade is a visiting retired judge assigned to cases by Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor

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Former Akron police captain and convicted murderer Douglas Prade Dr. Margo Prade By Kathy Wray Coleman, Publisher, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog  K a thy Wray Coleman is  a community activist and 20 year investigative journalist who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper.  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) AKRON, Ohio-The Ohio 9th District Court of Appeals on Wednesday reversed a Summit County trial court ruling that in 2013 freed former Akron police capt. Douglas Prade  from prison and Prade yesterday was ordered back behind bars by Common Pleas Judge Christine Croce, only to get a stay by the Ohio Supreme Court hours after he reported to the Summit County Jail.  Akron is a city some 30 miles south of Cleveland and the native home of NBA basketball icon and Miami Heat power forward LeBron James.
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Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed to testify August 16 in his DUI trial before retired, handpicked visiting judge Larry Allen, comunity activists say Allen was handpicked by Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor to unfairly dictate case outcome, Cleveland Judge Pinkey Carr was original judge in the case

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Democratic Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed, a controversial Black east side councilman  whose ward includes the impoverished  Kinsman and Mt. Pleasant neighborhoods From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black newspapers  ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ). Reach us by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor CLEVELAND, Ohio- The DUI trial of Democratic Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed began today in Cleveland Municipal Court before retired visiting Willoughby, Oh. Judge Larry Allen and Reed, 51, will take the stand in his own defense Friday morning, his lawyer Kevin Spellacy told the judge at the onset of the jury trial.  Spellacy argued at trial today that city lawmaker was set up by Cleveland police, who allegedly waited for him in downtown Cle
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Ohio Democratic Party Chair Chris Redfern objects to Chief Justice O'Connor's efforts for Ohio non-partisan judicial elections, activists say some judges are corrupt across partisan lines, including O'Connor, League of Women Voters supports O'Connor on controversial issue

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Ohio Democratic Party Chairperson Chris Redfern Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor By Kathy Wray Coleman, editor-in-chief,  Cleveland Urban News.Com and The Kathy Wray Coleman Online News Blog.Com, Ohio's No 1 and No 2 online Black news venues  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com )  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com and by phone at 216-659-0473 COLUMBUS, Ohio- Republican Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor announced yesterday that she wants to have Ohio municipal, common pleas, appellate and state supreme court judges elected without regards to political party affiliation and instead wants nonpartisan primary and general elections. O'Connor also wants judicial terms extended, among other proposals. But Ohio Democratic leaders say the chief justice, who is under fire by community activists for alleged case fixing for herself  and her friends against political foes and outspoken community activist
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Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed's DUI case is at risk for case fixing victimization: Reprint of November 14, 2011 Cleveland Urban New.Com judicial corruption article as to documented corruption by Berea, Ohio Municipal Court Judge Mark Comstock and with help from Republican Ohio Supreme Court Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor, who has personally handpicked a retired visiting judge from Willougby, Ohio for Reed's latest DUI case, O'Connor handpicks Ohio common pleas and municipal trial court judges, most from outside of Cuyahoga County, who sometimes come to town to violate the law to harass select Democrats, Blacks, women and community activists, Reed is Black, and he is an activist, and a targeted Black elected official, state Rep Bill Patmon has introduced House Bill 216 that requires that Ohio trial court judges are assigned and reassigned to cases at all times by random draw, Attorney George Forbes as the then Cleveland NAACP president would not speak out against documented judicial bias and impropriety

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Outspoken Cleveland Ward 2 Councilman Zack Reed Cleveland Urban News.Com News Brief (www.clevelandurbannews.com): Below is a  reprint  of a November 14, 2011 article by Cleveland Urban News.Com.  Recently Republican Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor of the Ohio Supreme Court assigned Willoughby retired judge Larry Allen to the Cleveland Councilman Zack Reed case, a third D UI arrest for the Black councilman, who was charged earlier this month of March 2013. But Ohio Revised Code 1901.10  is a state law that requires that retired visiting judges, such as the one the replaced Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Pinkey Carr  in this last D UI case for Zack after she recused herself and the other Cleveland judges would not take the case, must come from the territorial jurisdiction of the court. In Cleveland the territorial jurisdiction is Cleveland and Bratenahl not Willoughby.  Community activists  call for the FEDS that are in town to investigate deadly Cleveland shootings, to invest
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