Featured: Local advocacy groups call for probe on how attorneys are assigned in Cuyahoga Co. juvenile cases

News 5 in Cleveland highlights the impact of a Wren Collective report on the Cuyahoga Juvenile Court system. The report found that the Court steered kids’ cases to less qualified attorneys, leading to outrage from local leaders and calls for reform.

“The Greater Cleveland Congregations (GCC) is concerned that some low-income juvenile offenders are not receiving the quality legal representation they deserve in Cuyahoga County Juvenile Court.

Rev. King Rodgers with the GCC and Olivet Institutional Baptist Church told News 5 he believes, in some instances, Cuyahoga County Juvenile judges are assigning private attorneys to felony juvenile cases who don’t have the proper state qualifications or training, leaving some juvenile defendants with subpar representation.”