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Rachel Dissell is a Cleveland-based journalist with more than two decades of experience reporting on the justice system. She is a two-time winner of the Dart Award for Excellence in Coverage of Trauma.
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June 1
We’re Answering Your Questions About Cleveland’s Court System
We’re answering questions from the community about Cuyahoga County’s criminal courts, and sharing what we have gathered from the public docket of felony cases.
By
Ilica Mahajan
,
Rachel Dissell
and
Anna Flagg
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January 27
Who’s Electing Judges in the Cleveland Area? Not Those Ensnared in the System
In Cuyahoga County, voting patterns have resulted in mostly White judges deciding the fate of mostly Black criminal defendants.
By
Rachel Dissell
,
Ilica Mahajan
,
Anna Flagg
and
Wesley Lowery
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January 27
Why We’re Investigating the Cuyahoga County Court System
By
Rachel Dissell