“Anyone who fights for children is fighting for the future.” Thank you Cynthia W. Roseberry for your profound words! #Summit2023

"Sometimes your life is the protest"- Mikumari Caiyhe The Gault Center #summit2023

Join us at the Sharonville Convention Center for a CLE that will help you win at the trial and appellate levels. Featuring distinguished defense attorneys from across the country. General Admission: $400 CCDLA, OACDL, KACDL, NACDL members: $200 Public Defenders: $100

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Could listen to Mikumari Caiyhe poetry all day. #summit2023

Once a child sent to prison, Xavier McElrath-Bey (Xavier McElrath-Bey) has now taken the helm as our sole executive director! It’s a new and exciting chapter! Join us: youtu.be/63PCLdxLMs8

🧵 Police and prosecutors repeatedly used informants who traded their testimony for deals that cut years off their own sentences. Here's how that's backfired in Cincinnati. ⤵

An Enquirer investigation found several cases later unraveled, raising the possibility that unreliable informants helped send innocent people to prison and allowed others to get away with murder.

Defense attorneys say prosecutors should’ve seen the problems coming. Instead of being skeptical of ulterior motives, they say, law enforcement embraced informants who made questionable claims in exchange for plea deals and shorter prison sentences.

Here’s what the review of thousands of pages of court documents revealed: cincinnati.com/story/news/cri…

"Public defenders are the only part of the criminal legal system that works to understand the root causes of crime in our communities..." Read this op-ed from Alaina Bloodworth about why public defenders should be part of the public safety conversation. lailluminator.com/2024/04/30/pub…

DC spent $53.6 million in FY2023 to jail & incarcerate children. If "secure placement" means just YSC & New Beginnings, DC spent ~$930 per bed/night. Imagine if we were willing to spend that money directly on our youth & families instead. It would be life-changing.

“It’s a manifestation of widespread implicit racial bias that plagues not just the American public but decision-makers and the legal system as well.” miamiherald.com/news/local/cri…

To listen to my full conversation with Angela Chang and Brooke Burns to see how Ohio Public Defenders are fight tough on crime policies for youths, click on the link below! open.spotify.com/show/7cDXEXGXs…

According to the National Registry of Exonerations, more than half of the 3,300 people exonerated between 1989 and 2022 were Black. bit.ly/45MBpp5

listing “mass deportation” as a housing proposal is literally fascistic

Please help us in locating 14-year-old Amayah Davenport. Amayah’s last location is believed to be the Ziegler Park basketball courts. She was last seen on 5/21/25 at 2:00 pm. She has blonde and red highlights in her hair. Contact Det. Hert at 513-352-4568 with any info.

UPDATE: See below for new picture of missing 14-year-old Amayah Davenport.

"But seeing a child thrive here means there is something deeply wrong outside these walls. People might not agree what the root cause is, but supporters and critics alike know something is broken on the outside." cincinnati.com/story/news/cri…