via WKYC: Judge Jean Murrell Capers, who served on the Cleveland Municipal Court for nine years, has died at the age of 104. John J. Russo, the court’s current presiding judge, announced her death via a statement Tuesday afternoon. “On behalf of our Court, we are saddened by the loss of Judge Jean Murrell Capers, […]
The Cleveland Municipal Court is one of only ten in the nation to receive funding to implement a community court. The court announced Thursday that it was named a 2016 Community Court Grant Program winner. As part of the partnership between the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Assistance and the Center for Court […]
The Disciplinary Counsel of the Ohio Supreme Court has recommended that Cleveland Municipal Court Judge Angela Stokes be disciplined for what it calls abusive treatment of nearly everyone that comes into her courtroom. The 49 page report comes to the conclusion that Stokes “may be suffering from a mental illness that substantially impairs her […]
