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387726 01: A protester throws debris April 10, 2001 at Cincinnati Police Officers in riot gear in the Over The Rhine area in Downtown Cincinnati. African American protesters took to the streets to protest the shooting of an unarmed African American over this past weekend who was wanted for several misdemeanors and traffic violations. (Photo by Mike Simons/Newsmakers)

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After Haitians Endured Campaign Lies, An Ohio Town Prepares For ICE
Falsely accused of eating pets, and worse, Haitians in Springfield have survived harassment, and now fear deportation.
A photo shows a Black woman wearing a grass skirt and holding a blue-and-red Haitian flag while singing into a microphone. Dancers holding toy swords surround her as they all perform on a church stage.
Several printed family photos and a hospital record on a table.
Cleveland January 7
Who’s in Ohio’s Psychiatric Hospitals, How Did They Get There and When Do They Get Out?
Criminal defendants are overwhelming an understaffed state mental health system that, a few years ago, served thousands more patients.
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Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze, a White woman wearing a judge’s robe, stands between two American flags. A plaque on the desk in front of her reads: “Judge Leslie Ann Celebrezze.”
Cleveland December 22
Cuyahoga Judge Celebrezze Resigns After Being Charged With Records Tampering
Celebrezze resigned two years after The Marshall Project - Cleveland detailed how she steered nearly $500,000 in fees to a longtime friend.
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A photo of a middle-aged Black woman with her hair up posing for a portrait outdoors. She is wearing a yellow shirt with a family photo under the words “Ferguson Family Reunion.”
Cleveland December 22, 2025
Criminally Ill: Systemic Failures Turn State Mental Hospitals Into Prisons
A steep rise in criminally charged people with severe mental illnesses has all but halted patients’ ability to get care in Ohio’s state psychiatric hospitals.
By Sarah Jane Tribble, KFF Health News, and , The Marshall Project
A photo shows Luigi Mangione sitting at a courtroom table, wearing a gray blazer and red-checkered shirt, leaning to his right and engaging in conversation with an attorney out of the frame. Behind him are two court officers dressed in navy blue uniforms, with a pair of shiny handcuffs attached to the officers’ waists.
Death Sentences December 15
How Cases Like Luigi Mangione’s Could Widen the Death Penalty Divide
Even as more state leaders try to expand capital punishment, fewer jurors are choosing it.
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A smiling woman with light-toned skin and medium-length dark brown hair sits in front of some white and pale green pillows.
Cleveland December 10
How a Public Record Cost Cuyahoga County Taxpayers $650,000
A worker’s demotion after releasing court records to The Marshall Project - Cleveland led to a lawsuit alleging retaliation and witness intimidation.
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A photo shows the exterior of a residential treatment facility with a light-green roof at dawn.
Cleveland December 5
‘Substantial Risk’: Mohican Young Star Academy Admissions Suspended as State Investigates
Weeks after The Marshall Project - Cleveland found escalating violence, Ohio’s embattled youth treatment center is once again facing scrutiny.
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A White man with white hair wearing dark-rimmed glasses and a black judge’s robe sits in a large black chair at the bench, with the American and Ohio flags behind him.
Cleveland November 25
Getting a Single Parking Ticket in Lorain Led Hundreds to Lose Their Driver’s Licenses
A Marshall Project - Cleveland investigation has prompted city officials to stop issuing parking citations that, for years, led to license suspensions.
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A Black man with a goatee wears a white collared shirt with blue stripes and a yellow jacket with a green logo.
Cleveland October 27
Uncounted: Ohio Lawmakers Propose Bill to Track Pregnancy Outcomes in Jails and Prisons
A Marshall Project - Cleveland and News 5 investigation helped spark a bipartisan bill to track pregnancy outcomes in Ohio jails and prisons.
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A photo shows a Cleveland Police van on a street at night parked by traffic cones, while a blue car starts to drive by from the left side of the photo.
Cleveland October 23
Cleveland Police Hire Firm to Look for Potential Bias When Officers Encounter the Public
The move follows a Marshall Project - Cleveland analysis that found police searched Black people more often than White people in stops in 2023.
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