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Ariel Castro sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for raping and kidnapping 3 women whom he held captive against their will for over 9 years, victim Michelle Knight spoke at sentencing of the now convicted kidnapper and rapist

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Ariel Castro CLEVELAND, Ohio- Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Judge Michael Russo sentenced Ariel Castro to life in prison without the possibility of parole on August 1 for kidnapping and raping Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight and holding the three women captive for 10 years at his west side home on Seymour Ave in Cleveland, Oh., a celebrated case that has captured the nation's attention. "Nobody should have to go through what I went through," said Knight in a prepared statement. Knight said that her bond with DeJesus  helped her make it through the unprecedented ordeal that she dubbed "11 years in hell." Addressing Castro in the packed courtroom, Knight said that "I will live on, you will die a little every day."   Neither DeJesus nor Berry spoke at the sentencing.  DeJesus' cousin spoke on her behalf and Berry's sister spoke for her. DeJesus was held captive for nine years against her will, Berry 10, and
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Press Release: Press conference, rally and balloon launch, Friday, August 2, 2013, 5 pm by greater Cleveland community activists with Black clergy, Black elected officials, family members of fallen and raped women, intersection near Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online Black newspaper. ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com    To: All Media, For Immediate Release, From Kathy Wray Coleman, Imperial Women activists group.  (Note-The women will lead the rally with support from the men since it is a women's issue)    What: Re: Press Conference, rally and balloon launch on behalf of fallen and raped women and women subjected to other acts of violence and to call for federal, state and county assistance from President Obama, Governor Kasich and Cuyahoga County Executive Ed FitzGerald by community activists, Black women and victims families with support from Greater Cleveland Black clergy.  When/Where: Friday, August 2, 2013 at 5 pm  near the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland where the bodies of
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Press Release: 5pm press conference, balloon launch and rally on Friday, August 2, 2013 near intersection at Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland where the bodies of 3 Black women were found for greater Cleveland Black clergy, the Cleveland NAACP, community activists, Black elected officials, others to call for President Obama and Ohio Gov. John Kasich to declare a state of emergency as to missing women and violence against women in Cleveland and East Cleveland, groups want Obama and Kasich to bring in national guard to search abandoned and vacant buildings for missing women, groups also want other resources, and for a countywide missing persons unit and center, rally organizers include the United Pastors in Mission, the East Cleveland Concerned Pastors for Progress, the Baptist Ministers Alliance, Imperial Women, Audacity of Hope Foundation, Oppressed People's Nation, Peace in the Hood, the Task Force for Community Mobilization, the Carl Stokes Brigade, the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, the Women's Federation

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From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online Black newspaper. ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at editor@clevelandurbannews.com    CLEVELAND, Ohio- The United Pastors in Mission, East Cleveland Concerned Pastors for Progress, and the Baptist Ministers Conference will hold a press conference, balloon launch and rally with Cleveland NAACP officials, community activists and Black elected officials on Friday August 2, 2013 at the southwest corner of the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland near where the bodies of 3 Black women were found two weeks ago by police in a fetal position and in plastic bags.  Greater Cleveland's Black clergy, led by Bishop Tony Minor of Lutheran Metropolitan Ministry in Cleveland, Pastor David Hunter of Bright Star Missionary Baptist Church in East Cleveland,  Pastor Shawn Braxton of Ne
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O J Simpson wins parole on some of the robbery and kidnapping convictions that landed him a prejudicial sentence of nine to 33 years in prison

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O.J. Simpson 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 LAS VEGAS, Nevada-Legendary former pro football player O.J. Simpson won a reprieve on Tuesday gaining parole on some of the robbery and kidnapping charges  that got him a prejudicial nine to 33 year prison sentence nearly five years ago. But he must serve at least four more years on the charges that remain, including robbery and kidnapping with a gun, though he had no gun but was found guilty of arranging the ordeal.   Simpson, 65, took the stand in a Nevada courtroom earlier this year after not doing so by his former attorney's advice during his trial in 2008 and said that  Miami attorney Yale Galanter knew that he did not   know that two companions had guns in a 2
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Uppercut bus driver and upper cut victim both get 3 days in jail from Judge K.J. Montgomery

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By Kathy Wray Coleman, Editor-n-Chief, Cleveland Urban News. Com and The Cleveland Urban News.Com Blog, Ohio's Most Read Online Black Newspaper ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) CLEVELAND, Ohio- Shidea N. Lane (pictured), 29, the young Black woman who made national news last year for getting uppercut, choked, and thrown from a Regional Transit Authority (RTA) bus by since fired bus driver Artis Hughes who pleaded no contest on to misdemeanor disorderly conduct before Shaker Hts Municipal Court Judge K. J Montgomery and was found guilty was sentenced on July 30 to three days in jail.  And Hughes, who pleaded no contest to misdemeanor assault relative to the ordeal, got the same sentence from the judge. Hughes (pictured) , 59, attacked Lane following a bus altercation on Sept. 18 . The incident at issue, a divisive one to say the least, occurred on the border of Cleveland and Beachwood, Oh. and  went viral because of a cell phone video that hit Youtube.com  Attorney Dale Fr
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Ariel Castro to be sentenced to life in prison August 1 for kidnapping raping and holding Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight captive in his Cleveland, Ohio home for more than nine years

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Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus, and Michelle Knight CLEVELAND, Ohio- Serial rapist and kidnapper Ariel Castro, 52, who held Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight captive at his west side home on Seymour Avenue in Cleveland, Oh. for more than nine years. will be sentenced to life in prison plus one thousand years without the possibility of parole on August 1. He is expected to speak as is one of his victims, all three of whom were fed only one meal a day and allowed two to three showers a week, court documents reveal.  Kidnapper and Serial  Rapist Ariel Castro DeJesus was 14 when Castro kidnapped her, Berry's was nearly 17 and Knight, who is disabled, was 21. All three were lured into his van and DeJesus was a friend of Castro's daughter, who has disowned him. Her mother died during the captivity period and was allegedly a victim of his domestic violence. Berry has a daughter by Castro, who has asked to see her as part of his life-in-prison plea deal.  DeJesu
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CNN covers 400 persons Imperial Women, Oppressed People's Nation violence against women rally, activists call on Obama to bring in National Guard to find missing women, State Senator Turner criticizes Governor Kasich at rally, family members of victims of serial killer, Black elected officials attend, in unrelated matter Arial Castro agrees to plea deal of life in prison for raping and kidnapping Gina DeJesus, Amanda Berry and Michelle Knight

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CNN Anchor Anderson Cooper From the Metro Desk of Cleveland Urban News.Com, Ohio's most read online Black newspaper. ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ) and ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ).  Reach Cleveland Urban News.Com by phone at 216-659-0473 and by email at  editor@clevelandurbannews.com    According to a news article by Cleveland Fox 8 News Reporter Kevin Freeman, who covered the rally, hundreds  attended the  stop the violence rally held  on July 24, 2013  and organized by Imperial Women and the Oppressed People's Nation  in the wake of 3 dead bodies uncovered last week in East Cleveland, Ohio of Black women wrapped in plastic bags.  Photo by Cleveland FOX 8 news.       CLEVELAND, Ohio- A  stop the violence against women rally that drew nearly 400 people  on July 24 near the intersection of Shaw and Hayden Avenues in East Cleveland in the area where the decomposed bodies of 3 Black women were found wrapped in plastic bags last week at va
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