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Insecure justice in Maryland
While the nation celebrated the 50th anniversary of a poor person's constitutional right to a lawyer, Maryland legislators' support for House Bill 153 in the recently concluded General Assembly session threatened to return to the days when an accused...
Tags: Criminals, Justice System, Witnesses, Defendants, Annapolis
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Federal poultry regulations relaxed in spending law
Farming advocates are pressing Sen. Barbara A. Mikulski to reverse a little-noticed measure approved by Congress last month that rescinded tough new rules on the poultry industry — a move that has strained the already rocky relationship between mom-...
Tags: Jon Tester, Consumers, Litigation and Regulation, Genetic Engineering, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Chief judge of Maryland Court of Appeals retiring
Maryland's highest-ranking judge, Robert M. Bell, likes that his courthouse is dedicated to his predecessor, pointing out that the letters etching Robert C. Murphy's name on the building's exterior are filled in gold paint to make sure even nighttime...
Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Maryland General Assembly, eBay Inc., Family, Trials
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Md. should repeal sodomy laws
Senate President Thomas V. Mike Miller is right that Maryland isn't "the Southern state that [it] used to be" and has become more progressive ("Session ends in a flurry of votes," April 9). Yet, for all the progress that has been made, there remains one...Tags: Sex Crimes, Maryland General Assembly, U.S. Supreme Court
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Bill would toughen Maryland Open Meetings law enforcement
New laws passed by the Maryland General Assembly late last week would put stricter penalties and an element of public shaming behind the state's open-meetings laws. State lawmakers said public officials have been able to flout the rules without...
Tags: Colleges and Universities, Elections, College Park (Prince George's, Maryland), University System of Maryland, Maryland General Assembly
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Killings in Md. prisons defy efforts to improve security
Phyllis Scott was waiting for the day her son would be released from prison to return to East Baltimore, and she hoped he could steer clear of trouble in the future. But that day never came. Malcolm Jerrod "Rod" Pridget, who was just shy of his 20th...
Tags: Jessup (Anne Arundel, Maryland), Justice System, Criminal Laws, Hospitals and Clinics, Death Penalty
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Two steps in the right direction for Baltimore
When cities become dysfunctional, we do not quickly abandon them and our established social networks and routines. And after a city puts itself back together, we may take years to become convinced that the bad old days are over. Awareness of these facts...
Tags: Elections, Local Elections, Punishment, Criminal Laws, Murder
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Life sentence cut to 40 years in death of Glen Burnie dentist
Nearly seven years after she admitted that she plotted to have her boss killed in his Glen Burnie office to cover up thefts from his dental practice, Shontay Joyner Hickman had her life sentence reduced Thursday to 40 years in prison for testifying...
Tags: Court Preliminary, Dentistry and Dental Health, Punishment, Criminal Laws, Murder
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Committee passes legislation to license staffing agencies
The Senate Finance Committee voted unanimously Thursday for a proposed law that would require state licensing of medical staffing companies after a radiographer was accused of exposing hundreds of Marylanders to hepatitis C. In a telephone call after the...
Tags: Hepatitis C , Theft, Hepatitis, Hospitals and Clinics, Labor Legislation
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Espinoza Perez murder case sent to jury a third time
A turbulent spring among a family of immigrants nine years ago led to a plot to slash the throats of three young children, prosecutors said Thursday in closing arguments in the murder trial of Policarpio Espinoza Perez. "There was something terribly...
Tags: Immigration, Illegal Immigrants, Justice System, Criminal Laws, Murder
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Patients settle stent claims against Midei, St. Joseph
Nearly 250 of the patients who accused cardiologist Dr. Mark Midei of performing unnecessary stent procedures at St. Joseph Medical Center settled their lawsuits against him Thursday, a major step forward in one of the largest medical malpractice cases in...
Tags: University of Baltimore, Cardiologists, Justice System, Plavix (drug), General Practitioners
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Gun referendum? Go ahead and make our day
With Gov. Martin O'Malley's landmark gun control bill given final approval by the Senate on Friday and waiting only the governor's signature to be enacted into law, Democrats in Annapolis are likely hoping that the next step will be talk of the "R" word....
Tags: Elections, Interior Policy, Referenda, Justice System, Maryland General Assembly
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