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Judge Joan Synenberg spares life of 21-year-old Warrensville Heights barbershop shooter Douglas Shine Jr., who shot and killed three at the barbershop and later conspired to kill a perspective witness, Cory Shaffer of Cleveland.Com and the Cleveland Plain Dealer Newspaper reports....The judge examined his background and said society and his parents failed him beginning as a child where he was deserted and physically and mentally abused

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Douglas Shine Jr. was sentenced Monday afternoon to life in prison without the possibility of parole, a month after a jury recommended he be executed for killing three people inside a Warrensville Heights barbershop in February 2015 and then plotting the death of a witness.  (Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com) Print Email By  Cory Shaffer, cleveland.com  Email the author  |  Follow on Twitter on December 19, 2016 at 3:12 PM, updated  December 19, 2016 at 9:23 PM WARRENSVILLE BARBERSHOP SHOOTING Judge who spared triple-murderer's life once worked against death penalty in fatal cop shooting Warrensville Heights barbershop shooter discussed death of witness after conviction, prosecutors say Jury in Warrensville Heights barbershop triple-murder trial begins deliberating death penalty Experts present two versions of barbershop shooter's childhood Stepmother, witnesses paint bleak picture of barbershop shooter's childhood CLEVELAND, Ohio -- A ju

Activists Kathy Wray Coleman and Don Bryant, among others, to receive President Obama's community service award at Ohio Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur's office and via the WCPM and ICEA, international community groups led by Renate and David Jakupca.....Coleman called the honor "a privilege promoted by community organizations she respects and in association with one of the nation's greatest presidents' as well as Congresswoman Kaptur, the longest serving woman in congress"....Bryant and Coleman have fought together for children's rights and on violence against women and police brutality issues, and Bryant has fought for immigration reform and peace between Pakistan and Israel....Coleman is a Black Cleveland journalist who interviewed President Obama one-on-one for the Call and Post Newspaper....Coleman leads the Imperial Women Coalition and Bryant leads the Greater Cleveland Immigrant Support Network....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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President Barack Obama and Ohio 9th Congressional District Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (far left) Renate Jakupca, who along with her husband, David Jakupca (also pictured), leads the international community groups the World's Children Peace Monument  (WCPM) and the International Center for Environmental Arts (ICEA)  ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Cleveland Urban News.Com interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: Cleveland Urban News.Com gets some 3.4 million views on Google Plus alone). Kathy Wray Coleman CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, CLEVELAND, Ohio-  Cleveland activist and journalist Kathy Wray

2017 Economic Report of President Obama released, a report that says Obama staved off a depression and that the American economy is stronger, more resilient, and better positioned for the 21st century than ever before....By www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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President Barack Obama, the first Black president of the United States of America ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: A former biology teacher and longtime Cleveland activist, Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus with some 3.4 million views). BELOW IS THE 2017 ECONOMIC REPORT OF THE PRESENT, WHICH WAS SENT TO CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM VIA PRESS RELEASE ON DECEMBER 15, 2016 AND WAS PUBLISHED VIA THE WHITE-HOUSE BLOG

Dylan Roof guilty in Charleston Church shooting

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Dylann Roof CHUCK BURTON/FILE/AP CHARLSTON, South Carolina- Dylann Roof, the professed white supremacist who confessed to fatally shooting nine people at a historically black church in Charleston, South Carolina, after sitting through a Bible study class, was found guilty of several charges today. A jury of three black people and nine white people found Roof, 22, guilty of hate crimes, religious obstruction and firearms violations in the June 2015 attack, reports the Charleston  Post and Courier .

Ohio Democratic leaders, women's rights activists furious over new Ohio abortion law pushed by Trump that prevents abortions after 5 months of pregnancy but are glad Governor Kasich vetoed the heartbeat bill that prevents abortions after a fetal heartbeat is detected, usually after six weeks....Ohio Democratic Party, Ohio Democratic Women's Caucus, Stop Targeting Ohio's Poor, and the Imperial Women Coalition express discontent on new abortion law.....By editor Kathy Wray Coleman of www.clevelandurbannews.com, Ohio's Black digital news leader

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Ohio Governor John Kasich President-elect Donald Trump ( www.clevelandurbannews.com ) /   ( www.kathywraycolemanonlinenewsblog.com ). Ohio's most read Black digital newspaper and Black blog.Tel: (216) 659-0473 and Email: editor@clevelandurbannews.com By Editor-in-Chief  Kathy Wray Coleman, a-24-year journalist who trained at the Call and Post Newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio for 17 years, and who interviewed now President Barack Obama one-on-one when he was campaigning for president. As to the Obama interview,   CLICK HERE TO READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE AT CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM, OHIO'S LEADER IN BLACK DIGITAL NEWS .  (Note: A former biology teacher and longtime Cleveland activist, Coleman is the most read reporter in Ohio on Google Plus with some 3.4 million views). CLEVELAND URBAN NEWS.COM-CLEVELAND, Ohio- Some   Democrats, pro-choice proponents, and greater Cleveland activists are outraged with Ohio Gov. John Kasich, who vetoed a state legislative m