CLEVELAND — Cheers and applause broke out in the courtroom Thursday morning when Judge Nancy Margaret Russo ruled three men convicted in a 1995 murder in East Cleveland should get a new trial. “The three defendants’ motion for a new trial is granted,” Judge Russo said, and family member began clapping. Derrick Wheatt, Laurese Glover and Eugene […]

What do you do when your municipality is holding arguably the most-hated and notorious killer on earth?  You grant him bail. That’s exactly what Judge Kenneth Lester did for George Zimmerman, the man who killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. RELATED: NewsOne’s Trayvon Martin Coverage As a condition of his bail, Zimmerman is not allowed to have […]

CLEVELAND – A mother who is not a legal U.S. citizen will have another 30 days to live in Painesville with her four daughters and many other family members. She may have more than that, pending the decision of federal agents. On her way to a federal hearing in Tuesday morning, Esperanza Pacheco was flanked […]