In 1998, the Ohio State Penitentiary, also known as the “Supermax,” opened as the only super-maximum security prison in Ohio. Meant to hold those prisoners deemed most dangerous, the Supermax had...
Tony DeRigo, a tattoo artist and owner of a tattoo shop in Lorain County, wanted to expand his operation into Cleveland, but a 1976 ordinance banned tattooing in the city. The ordinance...
Peter Junger was an Internet activist and computer law professor at Case Western Reserve University who challenged the U.S. government’s regulations of encryption software. Federal...
In 1992 the Cleveland Board of Education began to open each of their meetings with a moment of silent prayer, led by a minister or by the board president. One student, Sarah Coles, and one...