/news/testify Testify is an examination of who holds power when it comes to picking judges. It's being published by multiple media partners including WKSU and º£½ÇÆƽâ°æ and is the first investment by The Marshall Project in a collaborative relationship with Greater Clevelanders. en-US Copyright Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:25:55 GMT /news/government-politics/2022-06-13/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-criminal-courts-in-cleveland The Marshall Project is scraping records from the court’s public docket and is committed to answering questions directly from community members about the court system. Mon, 13 Jun 2022 12:25:55 GMT /news/government-politics/2022-06-13/what-do-you-want-to-know-about-criminal-courts-in-cleveland /news/government-politics/2022-01-31/q-a-rachell-dissell-on-cuyahoga-countys-mostly-white-judges-and-its-mostly-black-defendants The great majority of Cuyahoga County Common Pleas judges are white. The great majority of the criminal defendants they sentence are Black. On its face, it would seem the county residents who had the most contact with the courts would be the ones most likely to vote in judicial elections. But an analysis by The Marshall Project found that wasn't the case. º£½ÇÆƽâ°æ's Amy Eddings talks to Rachel Dissell, a Cleveland-based contributor to The Marshall Project, about whether this is contributing to racial disparities in criminal justice outcomes. Mon, 31 Jan 2022 12:39:28 GMT /news/government-politics/2022-01-31/q-a-rachell-dissell-on-cuyahoga-countys-mostly-white-judges-and-its-mostly-black-defendants Amy Eddings