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Official Court Journal LegalNewsDAILY Est. 1885 Vol. 129 No. 129 Wednesday, June 29, 2016 Sixty-five Cents Cleveland Lawyers “Jam for Justice” In the home of Rock n’ Roll, judges Motown, American rock and British and attorneys practice law by day and invasion music with an all-lawyer line- What: Jam for Justice, bands fronted by local judges and attorneys to bang on drums instead of gavels at up of Peter Brodhead, Steve Daniels, benefit The Legal Aid Society night. Five great lawyer-driven rock Gina Davidson, Hugh McKay, Doug Date: Wednesday, June 29th bands judges will perform Wednesday, McWilliams, Judge K.J. Montgomery, Time: Doors Open at 5pm, Music Begins at 6pm June 29 at “Jam for Justice,” a Jim Robenalt, Steven Shafron, Randy Place: Crop Rocks on Cleveland’s East Flats, 1055 Old River Road fundraiser for The Legal Aid Society of Solomon and Kris Treu. Tickets: $50 at www.lasclev.org/2016jam or call 216-861-5590 Cleveland. • Gringo Stew, mixes Tex Mex and Supreme • Faith & Whiskey plays classic Americana music, featuring attorney missing from their lives. Playing at and punk dance tunes from the 70’s Michael Rendon some of Cleveland’s popular venues Court ruling and 80’s, and features Cuyahoga • Out of Order spotlights attorneys like House of Blues, Brothers Lounge County Common Pleas Judge Mike Vince Ruffa, Joe Grandinetti, Tom on the West Side and the Grog Shop on imperils Donnelly, Steve Zashin and Rich Haren, Marcus Sidoti and Dave Thein, the East side, are great stress reducers. Wesorick and other local playing music like Black Keys, Green “Some people play golf, we play abortion musician/professionals. Day and Kings of Leon. music,” Vince Ruffa told laws in • Luke Lindberg and the Hung Jury • Brad “DJ” Wolfe will host the Cleveland.com. with Ryan Kennedy, John Hanley and show. Sports tickets, play tickets, restau- many states Bob Walker, covering acoustic and The moonlighting musicians all rants and health clubs have all con- folk rock. have successful jobs at the courts or tributed prizes for the Jam for Justice By DAVID CRARY • The No Name Band plays law firms, but found that sound was Silent Auction, online at AP National Writer RICH WESORICK JUDGE DONNELLY qtego.net/qlink/lasc. Law students from the Great Lakes NEW YORK (AP) — By striking Sports and Entertainment Law MICHAEL RENDON down tough abortion restrictions in Academy, in cooperation with Case Texas, the U.S. Supreme Court has and Cleveland Marshall law schools, law firms and vendors. The event will emboldened abortion-rights activists work with the bands to produce a Jam raise $100,000 in support of Legal nationwide and imperiled a range of for Justice CD featuring contributions Aid’s efforts to protect shelter, safety anti-abortion laws in numerous states. from all the bands, available at the or economic security. Legal Aid pro- Many anti-abortion leaders were event. vides high quality legal services for openly disappointed, bracing for the More details about Jam for Justice low income and vulnerable individuals demise of restrictions that they had can be found at www.lasclev.org/ who need an attorney, for example a worked vigorously to enact over the 2016Jam family being evicted by an unscrupu- past few years. Daily Legal News is a key sponsor lous landlord, a spouse afraid of an The Supreme Court has decided of Jam for Justice, along with abusive partner, or a veteran frustrated “the abortion industry will continue to Presenting Sponsor Accellis by a government agency denying bene- reign unchecked as mothers are sub- Technologies, and an impressive list of fits. jected to subpar conditions,” said Heather Weininger, executive director of Wisconsin Right to Life. Amnesty Int’l says Mexican women On the other side of the debate, Planned Parenthood president Cecile victims of sexual torture Richards hailed the ruling as “an enor- mous victory for women,” and joined By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN when they were caught driving a vehi- respond to a request for comment from ened that if I talked about what had her abortion-rights allies in vowing to Associated Press cle with weapons and drugs. The Associated Press before the paper happened during those 36 hours they quickly seek gains beyond Texas. “The authorities when they exhibit was released. would find my children,” she said. “Far too many women still face MEXICO CITY (AP) — Claudia you do it with the purpose of keeping Penman said Amnesty International But the day after she was taken to a insurmountable barriers, which is why Medina Tamariz was asleep in her you quiet as a woman,” Medina said decided to focus a report on female women’s prison, Medina told a judge we are taking this fight state by state,” home in the Gulf coast port of Veracruz Monday. “They know how to injure survivors of sexual torture because it that she had been tortured. Three days she said. “It's time to pass state laws to with her husband when Mexican you as a woman.” had not received much attention. She later the judge threw out the most seri- protect a woman's constitutional right marines burst in and arrested them both The human rights group Amnesty said researchers would have liked to ous organized crime charge. to abortion, and repeal ones that block in August 2012. International says Medina’s experience interview even more women, but After 23 days in prison, Medina it.” Blindfolded and handcuffed, is common among women arrested in Mexican authorities placed obstacles was able to get bond and fight her The Texas rules struck down Medina believes she was taken to a Mexico. In a report released early in their way. case. All but one charge — weapons Monday by the Supreme Court local navy base where her captors Tuesday, the group said that in inter- Much of the abuse has been tied to possession — were tossed out. She required doctors who perform abor- accused her of working with organized views with 100 incarcerated Mexican Mexico’s war against drug cartels, filed a complaint with Mexico’s tions to have admitting privileges at crime. Over a period of hours, she says, women, 72 reported sexual torture dur- with women often being swept up National Human Rights Commission nearby hospitals and forced clinics to she was beaten, sexually assaulted, ing their arrests. Ninety-seven had been when authorities arrest men or are sim- about her treatment and began speak- meet hospital-like standards for outpa- jolted with electric shocks and subject- beaten or received some kind of physi- ply looking to show results to the pub- ing out, but to date the body has had tient surgery. Supporters of the Texas ed to simulated drowning — two inde- cal abuse. All 100 reported at least lic, the report said. not published a recommendation in the law, and similar laws enacted in other pendent medical examinations found harassment or psychological abuse. It said the sexual nature of the tor- case. states, said both provisions were nec- evidence consistent with her version. “What we see is that women are ture and the stigma makes it less likely A year and a half after her arrest, essary to ensure safe, high-quality care She was forced to bathe in front of her often targeted because of their gender, women will speak out. prosecutors issued a new arrest war- for women. Opponents of the laws said captors. their bodies are often used in a certain Medina, a mother of three children rant for Medina listing all the old abortion already is a very safe proce- Eventually Medina and others were way and targeted in a certain way, and who had worked selling natural prod- charges. She saw it as a clear threat dure, and contended the real motive of paraded in front of television cameras we often see women from disadvan- ucts, is free and isn’t one of the 100 and message to stay silent. After the laws was to reduce women's access along with weapons and drugs and taged backgrounds are the ones that women interviewed for the report. But another year of challenges, a judge to abortion. slapped with a raft of organized crime are the easiest targets for authorities,” she and the group said her experience exonerated Medina of all charges. According to the Center for charges. Later she discovered that the said Madeleine Penman, a researcher mirrored those collected in the report. Her husband remains imprisoned statement she gave, but was not shown with Amnesty International. When the marines turned Medina awaiting a judge’s ruling on his Abortion Laws Continues on Page 9 before signing, had been altered into a Amnesty International showed the over to federal investigators, she ini- charges. confession in which the marines said report to the government Monday, but tially did not tell about the torture. “I “I consider it already routine for E they arrested Medina and her husband the Attorney General’s Office did not was scared, because they had threat- military authorities,” Medina said of E N the use of torture and other abuse. “I D O have always said I feel like (torture) is O H C like a cancer that is growing and grow- P Index R ing and growing.” R Q Amnesty International’s report U N Appellate Court Decisions . .2 Malcolm Berko:Taking Stock . .7 O points out that Mexican lawmakers are Y A Court of Common Pleas . .3 Municipal Court . .8 debating new torture legislation and the C Download a FREE QR Coded Reader O S from the App Store or Android Market Attorney General’s Office has created a T Domestic Relations Court .