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Baltimore doctor indicted in 2007 Minn. suicide
HASTINGS, Minn. — A Minnesota grand jury has indicted a national right-to-die group and several members for their actions in the 2007 suicide of a suburban Minneapolis woman, prosecutors announced Monday. The 17-count indictment charges the medical...Tags: Medical Procedures and Tests, Court Preliminary, Highland Park (Cook, Illinois), Pain, Freedom of the Press
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Penalties for misdemeanor marijuana possession to shrink
Penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana in Maryland — less than 10 grams — will drop in October, when a new law goes into effect reducing the maximum prison term to 90 days from one year and cutting the potential fine in half, to...Tags: Lawyers, Prosecution, Prisons, Justice System
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O'Malley appoints new Baltimore judges
Gov. Martin O'Malley on Friday announced the appointment of four new judges to the Baltimore bench. Jeffrey Michael Geller, a Towson business and family law attorney, will join the city's circuit court. He worked most recently within the firm of Miles...Tags: Martin O'Malley, Colleges and Universities, Baltimore County, Washington College (Maryland), Lawyers
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New session of Citizen's Police Academy begins April 10 in Laurel
Applications are due March 29 for the city's next session of the Citizen's Police Academy, a five-week program of classroom and hands-on instruction that offers residents an inside view of police operations. Classes begin Tuesday, April 10 and will be...Tags: Trials
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Conviction but no jail time for illegal Canton house rehab
A District Court judge on Thursday convicted an Ellicott City man of undertaking major renovations at his mother's Canton rowhouse without permits, but spared him jail time by suspending his 90-day sentence. Martin Pozoulakis, found guilty of two...
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Rolando McClain: Firing a gun during a fight is OK with NFL?
Let me get this straight. Raiders linebacker Rolando McClain allegedly held a gun beside a man's head and fired it besides the man's ear. He is arrested on misdemeanor charges, released on $2,000 bail, and will likely play Sunday, according to the Raiders...Tags: National Football League, Football, Oakland Raiders, Rolando McClain
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Baltimore to overhaul prosecution strategy
On a cold December evening, Baltimore's top prosecutor stood before a roomful of city residents, most of whom would have given anything to be somewhere else. They had all lost a loved one to violence and were assembled to remember the dead. "Although I'...Tags: Firearms, Misdemeanors, Inner Harbor, Justice System, Washington, DC
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Woman sues Balto. Co. police, claims assault, rights violations
A Baltimore City woman has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Baltimore County, its Police Department, several officers and officials, claiming she was assaulted and her constitutional rights violated when she was arrested while recording an...Tags: Racism, Misdemeanors, Laws, Cell Phones, Defendants
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Md. lawmaker to try to ban 'sweepstakes' game rooms
A Maryland legislator said he plans to introduce a bill in the General Assembly that would outlaw video game rooms that offer cash prizes for playing a "sweepstakes," saying such operations could effectively put "slots on every corner." Del. Eric G....Tags: Towson, Misdemeanors, Laws, Gambling, Baltimore County
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Gambling charges against Minnick put on inactive docket
Gambling charges against a state lawmaker's brother and three others were set aside on an inactive docket Monday in Baltimore County District Court in Towson, meaning the court made no finding of guilt or innocence in the case alleging that a Dundalk...Tags: Towson, Prosecution, Dundalk, Bars and Clubs, Dining and Drinking
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When politicians go bad
Maryland's constitution calls for the removal from office of any elected official, state or local, who is convicted of a felony or certain misdemeanors. That would seem simple enough, but we have, sadly, at least three examples from recent years in...Tags: Misdemeanors, Anne Arundel County, Public Officials, Sheila Dixon, Justice System
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Bills seek to keep guilty pols from getting paychecks, pensions
A Baltimore mayor and a Prince George's County councilwoman lingered in office for weeks after being found guilty of serious charges. A former Prince George's County executive is heading to prison but gets to keep a pension worth more than $50,000 a year....Tags: Thomas V. Mike Miller, Anne Arundel County, Blackmail and Extortion, Public Officials, Values
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