Constance Gadell-Newton is an American lawyer and social justice activist. He is a former chairman of the Ohio Green Party, and a candidate for Governor of Ohio in 2018.
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Biography
Constance A Gadell-Newton was born on March 1, 1980 in Belleville, Illinois but has lived in Ohio since the age of 4. He was raised by his mother, a nurse, and stepfather, a high school teacher.
Gadell-Newton graduated from Bishop Watterson High School, in Columbus, Ohio in 1998, then graduated with honors from Ohio State University with B.A. in the field of Philosophy and Women's Studies in 2002. Gadell-Newton studied Criminal Law at Pennsylvania State University and obtained his Doctoral Degree from Dickinson Law School in 2008.
Gadell-Newton was accepted at the Ohio Bar in October 2009. He began his career by prosecuting war criminals in the International Criminal Court for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Gadell-Newton is currently co-chair of the Ohio Green Party and practices criminal defense and children's law as managing partner of Fitrakis & amp; Gadell-Newton LLC law firm in Columbus.
In January 2018, Gaddal-Newton witnessed the 16-year-old fatal shooting of Joseph Haynes at the Children's Court in Columbus, Ohio. Gadall-Newton filmed after the incident and called for disarmament of deputies in juvenile courts.
Politics
In 2016, Gadell-Newton is a Green Party candidate for Ohio House of Representatives District 18. Gadell-Newton ran against incumbent Democrat Kristin Boggs and Republican David Todd and lost.
He is a 2018 candidate from the Green Party for the governor of Ohio and works with Brett Joseph of Northeast Ohio.
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