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Dwyer should be held to a higher standard
Reading the article on Del. Don Dwyer's boating-while-intoxicated sentence was interesting ("Dwyer sentenced to 30 days in jail in drunken boating incident," May 14). Drinking and boating is playing Russian roulette. If you are in an accident you may...
Tags: Prisons, Judges, Justice System
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Trial of second man in child killings postponed
A Baltimore judge postponed the trial of a second man accused of nearly beheading three young relatives nine years ago until October so that lawyers have more time to prepare arguments on DNA evidence. Adan Canela, 26, is charged with multiple murder...
Tags: Adan Canela, Chemical Industry, Policarpio Espinoza Perez, Biotechnology Industry, Murder
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In Florida, timely injustice
At great political peril, George Ryan did the right thing. Not to canonize the man. After all, the then-governor of Illinois was later imprisoned on corruption charges. But that doesn't change the fact that, in 2000, stung that 13 inmates had been...
Tags: George Ryan, Death Penalty, Government, Regional Authority, Rick Scott
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New Md. gun law misfires
Maryland passes the strictest gun control laws in the country on its law abiding citizens ("The Maryland model for gun control," May 16), yet it does nothing about those who get caught with illegal guns. Why? If you really want to cut the crime in...
Tags: Firearms, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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Baltimore police sergeant sentenced for misconduct in office
A Baltimore police sergeant found guilty of malfeasance for using false information to obtain a search and seizure warrant was sentenced Monday to three years of supervised probation, according to the Baltimore City State's Attorney's Office. Sgt. Dennis...
Tags: Baltimore Police Department, Lawyers, Prosecution, Justice System
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Dwyer still doesn't get it
I strongly resent the comments made by Del. Donald H. Dwyer in regard to his arrest for operating a boat while intoxicated ("Dwyer gets 30 days in jail in boating incident," May 15). He sounds like the 5-year-old who gets caught taking a candy bar from...
Tags: Prisons
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Correctional officers' rights must be upheld
The recent indictments of more than a dozen Maryland correctional officers on charges of corruption are deeply troubling. It is important to note, however, that more than 7,500 officers across Maryland perform a necessary job in a very dangerous...
Tags: Maryland State Police, Maryland General Assembly, Prosecution
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Annapolis prisoner admits threatening Anne Arundel judge
An Annapolis man who admitted sending a threatening letter from his prison cell to an Anne Arundel County judge who'd sentenced him to serve 10 years for armed robbery had a year and a day added onto his sentence Friday. "I will send a firebomb into...
Tags: Prisons, Annapolis, Judges, Justice System
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Ocean City cigarette smuggling ring had ties to terror groups, police say
The Palestinian immigrant and his brother lived next door to each other in homes in West Ocean City, over the years opening a number of businesses throughout the area — three pizza shops, a Mexican restaurant, a liquor store, gas stations, and...
Tags: New York City, Organized Crime, Business, Ramadan, New York City Police Department
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APG employee to serve six months for stealing from youth academy
A Middle River woman was sentenced last week to six months in jail for defrauding the federal government through the Freestate ChalleNGe Academy at Aberdeen Proving Ground. Lynn Carol Williams, 56, sentenced May 6 by U.S. District Judge Richard D....Tags: FBI, Aberdeen, Rod J. Rosenstein, Judges, Credit and Debt
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Ads to promote new gun control law
Advertisements praising Maryland's new gun control law will appear on Baltimore-area televisions soon after the measure is signed Thursday — the first volley in a two-pronged effort to defend the legislation and the politicians who voted for it....
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Government, Preakness Stakes, Gun Control, Weaponry
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Key provisions of Maryland's new gun law
The new gun bill will be the first of hundreds Gov. Martin O'Malley plans to sign at a ceremony Thursday. Key provisions of the 62-page law include: - A ban on the sale of 45 types of assault weapons and their copycats. - A ban on sales of...
Tags: Martin O'Malley, Gun Control, Interior Policy, Personal Weapon Control
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