Attorneys for Jimmy Dimora, a former county commissioner and former chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party argue before appeals court, say 28-year sentence was too harsh, Judge Lioi is biased, community activists agree, say the judge mistreated former judge Steven Terry, who is Black and whom she also sentenced
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Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, also the former chair of the Cuyahoga County Democratic Party By Kathy Wray Coleman, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, O hio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper and Newspaper Blog. Tel: 216-659-0473. (Kathy Wray Coleman is a 20-year investigative and political journalist and legal reporter who trained for 17 years at the Call and Post Newspaper, Ohio's Black press) www.clevelandurbannews.com ) / ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) CINCINNATI, Ohio-Former Cuyahoga County Commissioner Jimmy Dimora, also a former chair of the powerful Cuyahoga County Democratic Party, is asking a federal appeals court to reverse his convictions on 32 corruption-related charges, including racketeering, and his attorneys want a new trial. Oral arguments were held yesterday morning before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati, which will issue its ruling in upcoming