Law’s Lewis Katz discussed a request to end a consent decree in Cleveland

Law professor weighs in on consent decree developments

Spectrum News: Lewis Katz, the John C. Hutchins Professor Emeritus of Law, discussed the request by Cleveland officials to end the Department of Justice-imposed consent decree, established to effect police reform in the city.  “The Cleveland Police Division hasn’t earned this yet,” Katz said. “The monitors indicated that there’s a long way to go. We haven’t come close to accomplishing the goals of the consent decree.”