This fall a team of Cleveland Documenters set out to interview more than forty community members to better understand their thoughts and perspectives on voting and judicial elections. 

This show is a collaboration between WOVU 95.9 FM and The Marshall Project, investigating Cuyahoga County court system.

Music: Idle Ways by Blue Dot Sessions
Produced and edited by Ariel Goodman

In Our Own Words: Clevelanders on Voting for Judges

Few people in Cleveland have as much power over as many lives as the 34 criminal court judges. Thats why for our second episode of Testify we are taking a close look at who is voting for these judges, and why.

On this episode you'll hear from

Ilica Mahajan, a data reporter from The Marshall Project

The Cleveland Documenters

Erika Anthony, co-founder of Cleveland Votes

This show is a collaboration between WOVU 95.9 FM and The Marshall Project, investigating the Cuyahoga County court system and the ways that it works- and doesn't.

Produced and edited by Ariel Goodman
Music by Blue Dot Sessions

Testify Episode Two: Who Judges the Judges?

Meet Louis Fields, the newest member of The Marshall Project team here in Cleveland. Louis sat down with colleague Rachel Dissell to chat about how he plans to connect with Greater Clevelanders in his role as Outreach Manager, which News Inside stories have inspired him and why he has a passion for promoting literacy. 

“Without awareness, we can't build solutions,” Fields said. “And The Marshall Project brings awareness to these issues - because once you're aware, you're on the hook, because now you either take action towards fixing [the problems] or you consciously allow injustice to go on.”

Tone Ford on getting support after prison

The Marshall Project

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