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Md. law school dean stepping down
Phoebe A. Haddon, dean of the University of Maryland Carey School of Law, will step down at the end of the coming school year to return to teaching, the school announced Friday. She expects to take a year sabbatical to research "contemporary...
Tags: Laws, Lawyers, Colleges and Universities, University of Maryland, College Park, Judges
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Assistant prosecutor named Anne Arundel's new state's attorney
A career Anne Arundel prosecutor was chosen Thursday as the county's new state's attorney, making her the first woman to hold the position as the top prosecutor in the county. Anne Colt Leitess, 49, will complete the 18 months remaining in the term of...
Tags: Laws, Laurel, Lawyers, Prosecution, Annapolis
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Shock Trauma anti-violence worker held in federal drug case
After leading a life of crime, being charged with murder and being shot, Howard McCray was ready for a change. In 2008, he began working with Maryland Shock Trauma Center, where he had been treated for gunshot wounds, to reach out to other victims who...Tags: Radio, Shootings, Coppin State University, Punishment, CNN (tv network)
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Cases the FBI re-investigated as part of its Civil Rights Cold Case Initiative
Hosie Miller, a black farmer and Baptist deacon in Newton, Ga., was fatally shot in 1965 after he reportedly told a white neighbor he wanted to settle a dispute in court. The FBI closed the case in 2011, saying agents believe the neighbor was responsible,...Tags: Ku Klux Klan, Police Investigations, Shootings, Murder, Civil Rights
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Gansler makes it explicit: No third term as AG
Attorney General Douglas F. Gansler removed any lingering doubts about whether he might seek re-election rather than run for governor as he released a statement Saturday vowing not to seek a third term. In a statement released to The Sun after...
Tags: Montgomery County (Maryland), Elections, Regional Authority, Government, Lawyers
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Nine apply to replace Weathersbee as Arundel state's attorney
Nine people have applied to be the next state's attorney for Anne Arundel County, according to a news release from the county's Circuit Court. Frank R. Weathersbee is retiring effective June 11 to accept a gubernatorial appointment to the state Parole...
Tags: Lawyers, Judges
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Keeping college affordable
On Friday, President Barack Obama met with college students at the White House to reprise a familiar appeal on behalf of the nation's young people: urging lawmakers to prevent the cost of student college loans from doubling on July 1. Interest rates on...Tags: George W. Bush, Students, Republican Party, Money and Monetary Policy, U.S. Congress
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Wicomico's voting rights choice
The Eastern Shore's civil rights history is not a happy one. From the lynchings of the 1930s to the Cambridge riots of the 1960s, the Shore has struggled with race relations. Much of that is in the past — although perhaps not entirely. In the late...
Tags: Elections, Minority Groups, American Civil Liberties Union, Local Elections, Laws
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Court's DNA decision serves public safety and justice
The Supreme Court's decision today to uphold Maryland's law allowing the collection of DNA samples from people arrested for serious crimes upholds the interests of justice, the Constitution and common sense. Concerns that the DNA samples could violate...
Tags: Washington, DC, Chemical Industry, Safety of Citizens, John G. Roberts, Jr., Martin O'Malley
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2013 Guide to Harford Government
The Harford County executive heads the executive branch of the county’s government. Elected every four years, the county executive leads a Cabinet composed of directors, departments and agencies, including Public Works, Treasury, Planning and...
Tags: Local Elections, Harford County, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Elections, Courtland
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U.S. Supreme Court authorizes post-arrest DNA collection
A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police in Maryland and elsewhere can continue the warrantless collection of DNA from people arrested — but not convicted — of serious crimes. The 5-4 decision upheld a state law that allows...
Tags: Identification Technology, Prisons, Chemical Industry, Police Arrests, U.S. Supreme Court
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Mr. Wilkins goes to the Senate
It was 21 years ago last month that Harvard-educated attorney Robert Wilkins was traveling in a car pulled over for going 5 mph over the posted speed limit on Interstate 68 in Western Maryland. But rather than receive a ticket, the group, all African-...
Tags: George W. Bush, Minority Groups, Elections, U.S. Supreme Court, Trials
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